FWIW, it all looks fine to me on Safari 1.2, IE 5.2.3 and Firefox 0.9.3 under 10.3.6. All my browsers are set to default displays, so there must be something in your author's system which is causig the glitch.
My guess is her IE font display Prefs have been changed (Preferences - Language/Fonts - Fonts and Size). If I reduce mine from the 16 pt default to 12 pt, the main nav menu type becomes too small to read. Hope this helps. -------------------------------- On Thursday, 11 November 2004 10:26 AM, Kenneth Feldman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> I'm trying to convert a site ( laid out with tables and using points and >> pixels for font-sizing ) into full Web Standards. >> >> The old home page is at http://www.weedsbluemountains.org.au/index.htm >> This uses tables and absolute font sizes. >> >> The rebuilt home page is at http://www.weedsbluemountains.org.au/default.htm >> This uses CSS for layout and relative font sizes. >> >> I'm very pleased with the conversion which displays perfectly in IE6, Firefox >> 0.8 and Opera 7.23 on Windows as well as (reportedly) in both Safari and >> Internet Explorer on a Mac. Picture my horror, though, when the site's >> author >> reported not being able to read the main navigation menu, a side menu on >> another upgraded page and image captions on that other upgraded page, all >> because the font-size was far too small. >> >> I'd set the general style sheet's body font-size to 76% and used various >> relative font-sizes to style individual text. Why does it work on every >> browser I can find except the author's ??? >> >> Now I've had to reinstate the old non-standards home page so its author can >> read the main menu. Under the new design, she had to re-set her IE browser on >> an Emac to 120% before she could read it !! >> >> Seeking an answer I found on The Noodle Incident the following exposition of >> browsers delivering various font-size settings. I guess it's familiar to CSS >> gurus: >> http://www.thenoodleincident.com/tutorials/box_lesson/font/browser.html >> >> I simply cound not find any solution there to satisfy the need to set a >> suitable font-size for the main menu that would display adequately on the >> author's Emac. >> >> I've been reading the transcripts of Web Essentials 04 and after going >> through >> Bruce Maguire's presentation, I'm even more desperate to get the site to W3C >> accessibility level 1 - it MUST use relative not absolute font-sizing, right >> ?!! >> >> Now to the crunch line - I happened to use the Australian Business Register >> web site this morning http://www.abr.gov.au and thought I'd check out its >> stylesheet - no stylesheet on the home page, but a JavaScript browser >> sniffer. >> >> Then I went to the help page >> http://www.help.abr.gov.au/default.asp?usertype=BC and looked for its >> stylesheet http://www.help.abr.gov.au/css/ABRHelp.css where every size is >> absolute - either points or pixels- and tables for layout. >> >> I thought Australian Government sites were supposed to observe Web >> Accessibility standards - or have I got it all wrong? >> >> I'm still trying to find a way to re-code my upgraded page >> http://www.weedsbluemountains.org.au/default.htm to display adequately in its >> author's browser. Looks like we'll have to truncate the main navigation menu >> to do it. >> >> Perhaps someone out there has a solution to this font-sizing hell I've >> entered >> by "upgrading" the site. The author also reports the same problem on a >> Macromedia site she visited. The author is using an appropriate IE for her >> Emac. >> >> Thanks to the many on this list whose experience has proved invaluable to me >> in the past 12 months. >> >> Best regards >> >> John Penlington >> > >Hmmm, > >It looks good on my IE 5.1.7 on OSX, and also on IE 5.1.7 on OS 9.2.2 >machine. > >Does this person have an older version of IE? > > >OOOH!, Wait a minute. If they don't have Verdana on their system, then Arial >will come up next, and that looks smaller than Verdana. Maybe small(er) >enough to make hard to read. > >Let us know, will you? > > > >Regards, >Kenneth Feldman > >-- >KPFdigital.com >Web Design & Hosting Made Easy >http://www.KPFdigital.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 ******************************************************
