One technique that I've seen used to good effect is that when you initially set the font size for the site (usually on the <body> tag) you use one of the keyword sizes because then IE will know how they stand in relation to the default size in the browser. Then you can use em's or %'s on all your other elements to set the different texts relative to that initial size. Even in IE, the initial use of the keyword will stop the text from ever becoming ridiculously tiny. Well, that's the idea anyway, and from what I've seen it seems to work pretty well.
HTH Seona. > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Behalf Of dunk > Sent: Tuesday, 14 September 2004 6:26 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [WSG] I need advice with following font size standards and IE > > > Hi all, > > I know by now the very strict rule of avoiding "px" font sizing > as much as > possible because IE will not size them up or down, but I'm > finding an awful > lot of people are using IE in the smaller and small size settings and not > even knowing about it. In fact I had one guy tell me I should be > redesigning a website he regularly visits because it's too small and on > inspection I realised they were following the standards, its just that he > had his IE set on text-size:smaller. My own IE opens as a default on > smaller (its very frustrating) > > The smaller settings seem irrelevant to most webpages, I have > never gone to > my netscape zoom and scaled a website down, because there's almost never > any reason to. > > So my question is, how do you design a website that will look compact and > nice at a normal size, BUT -will not be tiny in IE for those who don't > realise they have it set to small AND doesn't break the standard. > I'm very > tempted to stick a fixed font size at the start of my stylesheet. > Is there > another way? > > Thanks guys, this is really bugging me. > > Duncan > > ****************************************************** > The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ > > Proud presenters of Web Essentials 04 http://we04.com/ > Web standards, accessibility, inspiration, knowledge > To be held in Sydney, September 30 and October 1, 2004 > > See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm > for some hints on posting to the list & getting help > ****************************************************** > > > --- > Incoming mail is certified Virus Free. > Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). > Version: 6.0.749 / Virus Database: 501 - Release Date: 1/09/2004 > __________________________________________________________________ << ella for Spam Control >> has removed Spam messages and set aside Later for me You can use it too - and it's FREE! http://www.ellaforspam.com --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.749 / Virus Database: 501 - Release Date: 1/09/2004
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