Thanks! I used this method and have uploaded the new style sheets to www.cabotconsultants.com.au The new CSSs should make the font size nice (^_^) I used percentages so they size well and easily on all browsers.
Thanks for all the help and if you find something else wrong don;t hesitate to tell me :P Darian > You could also use css to generate specific qualities for say print using > the @media > > This allows for you to target say the printer and specify a formatting for > printing your pages instead of relying on browsers default settings which > may not be printer friendly. You can set margins, specific printing fonts > and so forth with this. > > http://www.w3schools.com/css/css_mediatypes.asp > > I hope this link to w3schools is of help. > > Steven Clark > > >>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>Subject: Re: [WSG] Font size, and how large is large enough? >>Date: Tue, 23 Mar 2004 19:36:13 -0500 (EST) >> >>Thanks for the feed back! >> >>I've tested the webpage on 3 differnet monitor on anything from 800X600 >> up. >>I've also tested it in Netscape, IE, Opera and FireFox. I noticed the >>Gecko browsers did display the font fairly small. I chose Verdana as it >> is >>very clean for both print and display. I also included it in a font >>family, so if a viewer hasn't got verdana installed, they will display >>arial (PC), hevetica(Apple?), or finally san-serif(Lowest common >>denominator :P). (^_^) >> >>As I am rewriting the CSS for the website, my main focas is font size. >> I'm >>currently reading suggested articles and as soon as I have a remedied CSS >>I'll be sure to let you know (^^ >> >>Thanks again, this feedback is very helpful >> >>Darian >> >> >> > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> > >> >> On a website I've recently developed (www.cabotconsultants.com.au) I >> >> opted >> >> for this... >> > >> >> p.body { >> >> font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; >> >> font-size: x-small; >> >> line-height: 2; >> >> } >> > >> >> I found it's clean and clear. >> > >> > Is your monitor huge, or your resolution very low? The most common >> > meaning of x-small is 10px >> > <http://members.ij.net/mrmazda/auth/absolute-sizes-MvE.html>. That's >> > much too small for average or worse eyes for normal body/paragraph >> text >> > on normal or higher resolution on common display sizes. It's only 1px >> > above the minimum size a full font set can be rendered, at regardless >> > how good your eyes or what your own settings are. The problem is even >> > worse for those who don't have Verdana installed, as it's the second >> > largest common font size around (AFAKI, only Bitstream Vera Sans is >> > larger, and it isn't all that commonly installed yet), designed >> > precisely to look good at small sizes. >> > >> >> Just wondering... What is the difference of >> >> using the percentage font-size as opposed to the preset "medium, >> small, >> >> x-small, etc" sizes? Are these 'preset' sizes still relative to the >>body >> >> user defined font size? >> > >> > Once difference is that the keywords are not subject to inheritance >> > cascade, but at least they can be resized by the user even in IE. The >> > wiki has more to say: >> http://css-discuss.incutio.com/?page=UsingFontSize >> > -- >> > "Surely God would not have created such a being as man to exist only >> > a day! No, no, man was made for immortality." >> > President Abraham Lincoln >> > >> > Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 >> > >> > Felix Miata *** http://members.ij.net/mrmazda/auth/ >> > >> > ***************************************************** >> > The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ >> > See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm >> > for some hints on posting to the list & getting help >> > ***************************************************** >> > >> > >> >>***************************************************** >>The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ >>See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm >>for some hints on posting to the list & getting help >>***************************************************** >> > > _________________________________________________________________ > Find love today with ninemsn personals. Click here: > http://ninemsn.match.com > > ***************************************************** > The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ > See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm > for some hints on posting to the list & getting help > ***************************************************** > > ***************************************************** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some hints on posting to the list & getting help *****************************************************
