http://www.eatons.net/test/IE-S.html ========================================================= On Friday, March 19, 2004, at 06:02 AM, Charles Eaton wrote:
On Thursday, March 18, 2004, at 10:32 PM, Felix Miata wrote:
Charles Eaton wrote:
http://www.eatons.net/test/IE-S.html
All that proves is the size of a point varies with DPI. 12pt is twice as
big at 144 DPI as at 72 DPI. On my sisters 192 DPI system, 12pt is quite
big. 12pt may or may not be the same size as the user's default, so why
bother even setting the base size if it's likely to be the default only
in most cases? Better to use 'body {font-size: 100%;}', because that
always = the user's preference.
Well, it looks like I'm going to stop being a "12pt Soup Nazi" and design my pages using only "%" and "relative" sizes. I was looking at it from the standpoint of a client browser being set to read the style sheets of any web site and not taking the user's point of view.
Using "%" and "em" only works when a "true" font size has been stated.
Therefore, setting the "body" to the user's preference solves the problem.
body {font-size:100%;}
Thank you, I stand corrected.
-chuck
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