On Sat, 2004-08-14 at 23:44, James Ellis wrote:
What I've done is probably not done often but it is worth considering.
Firefox ships with its minimum font size turned off.
I also use the very same setting.
It can be a common adjustment for people who use XFree86 or X.org under
unix ( and
Title: RE: [WSG] RE: Image replacement techniques for linked elements
James wrote:
I have my minimum font-size set to 12px, so
websites can't set text I can't read (or see for that
matter) - like 6px :D. I think this is rendering your (ed: smh.com.au) plain text headers
to be 12px
websites can't set text I can't read (or see for that
matter) - like 6px :D. I think this is rendering your (ed: smh.com.au) plain
text headers
to be 12px - and they are appearing over the image headers on the
smh.com.au home page ... making both types of headers unreadable.
GOLD medal to
replacement techniques for linked elements
James wrote:
I have my minimum font-size set to 12px, so
websites can't set text I can't read (or see for that
matter) - like 6px :D. I think this is rendering your (ed: smh.com.au)
plain text headers
to be 12px - and they are appearing over the image
On Aug 16, 2004, at 11:59 am, Henry Tapia wrote:
I tend to use the Leahy-Langridge method, which involves setting the
background image then padding the text out of the viewable area of the
element (with overflow set to hidden). This seems to work pretty well
with
hyperlinked elements without
Peter Ottery wrote:
these are still linked. the actual (non graphic) heading is just using the
technique [1] of making the font size 1px and white (so its not visible on a
white page) leaving the background image visible. the link that contains the
heading is given a width height and
H all i do is place a set of [span] tag's around the text and make the [a]
tag a block element and give it the background image...
Much like i've done on http://phunky.co.uk/2005/ in the menu...
Nice and simple!
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