Gary, Relative font sizes can also be done using percents as well as em's and this solution is recommended by the CSS discuss wiki for font scaling under 100% [1].
The Maxdesign site you mention is sadly in need of major restructuring and recoding. I used to do navigation in pixels and all other content in percents. I now believe this is a fools paradise as there is basically no safety (and no need) in fixed font sizes. Almost all mac browsers will rescale any text on the page with simple keystrokes - regardless of whether they are fixed or relative. The same is true for Win/N7 and Win/Moz1.4. Without sounding like a fortune cookie (as I often do), I think a lot of this comes down to designing layouts with a flexibly mindset - the assumption that the user has control over many of the aspects of the layout. As always, just personal opinion... :) Russ [1] http://css-discuss.incutio.com/?page=UsingEms > > There are obviously times when you decide to comprimise on these things > (Russ' Max Design site uses a mixture of relative and non-relative fonts). > > I have never used % for fonts (only pt and em). > > > Once again - "pointers" and "best practice" advice would be welcomed. ***************************************************** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some hints on posting to the list & getting help *****************************************************
