On 8/19/2015 2:05 PM, Beauregard T. Shagnasty wrote:
> David E. Ross wrote:
>
>> Windows 7 SeaMonkey 2.35
>>
>> On the SeaMonkey menu bar, go to [Edit > Preferences > Appearance >
>> Fonts]. How can I translate between pixels (the settings for fonts in
>> SeaMonkey) and points (the font-size unit commonly used with CSS)?
>
> Points are for printing, and should only be in your print style sheet.
>
>> I know this might vary according to the size of my monitor and its
>> resolution.
>>
>> I am having problems with some Web pages where either the font or
>> font-size is such that the tops of glyphs (characters) are cut off. If
>> I zoom my text larger, the problem goes away. I am having trouble
>> choosing a minimum font size in pixels for SeaMonkey such that I no
>> longer have to zoom.
>
> It's not clear if you are talking about web pages you write, or the pages
> of others. If your own, use percentages for defining font-size.
>
> body { font-size: 100%; }
>
> and scale from there for specific elements such as headings, etc. Here is
> a page I wrote quite awhile ago that still applies:
>
> http://tekrider.net/html/fontsize.php
>
I have problems with Web pages that are NOT mine. Here are some examples.
<http://www.thestarphoenix.com/>: See near the bottom. There is a
group of 3x3 sections; the first row has NEWS, OPINION, and BUSINESS.
Those and the other headers are not the problem. The problem is with
the three links below each header.
<http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/>: If there are any numbered or named tropical
depressions, storms, or hurricanes, there will be links to details below
the map. Select either Public Advisory, Forecast Advisory, or Forecast
Discussion. I examined the external CSS file for this page. The text
body for a Forecast Discussion is embedded in <pre> and </pre>. In the
CSS, I found
.pre {
font-size: 10pt;
white-space: pre;
font-family: Courier, monospace;
}
This is a U.S. government Web site using points instead of percent for
font-size. While I have Courier New, I do not have Courier.
In my SeaMonkey preferences, I have Courier New at 15px specified for
monospace with the overall "Minimum font size" at 12px. My monitor is
ASUS 20” diagonal LCD with resolution 1280x720.
You can see an example -- a screen print -- of my problem at
<http://www.rossde.com/test/font-size.jpg>. If I "print" to a PDF file,
I do not see this problem. Thus, it appears to be localized to how
SeaMonkey renders the page.
--
David E. Ross
The Crimea is Putin's Sudetenland.
The Ukraine will be Putin's Czechoslovakia.
See <http://www.rossde.com/editorials/edtl_PutinUkraine.html>.
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