Janelle, I'm gonna take a stab in the dark and assume that
the difficulty you've been having is a result of the much-discussed and lightly
documented IE font-size bug.
As stated in previous posts, simply give your html or
body tag a font-size of 100.01% and then use ems (preferably) for any further
definitions.
I usually follow with a few basics
like:
p, li, input { font-size: 80% }
Tabel cells sometimes inherit depending on how the rest of
your stylesheet is set up.
Give it a go. You'll see it works and that it's muc easier
to keep site-wide control.
The other option of fixing a 9pt font is simply a big fat
no-no. :)
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Janelle Clemens
Sent: Thursday, 22 September 2005 7:42 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: [WSG] controlling font size in form text box
My designer is on me
to reduce the size of the font in the search box on the templates for our
redesign. But I can not get it to budge without getting too
small. Does anyone know of a trick for this. We
have decided to use a fixed font (px or pt) for the search box text.
Two reasons: 1. to keep it constant when a viewer increases
their browser font, and 2. using em was way to inconsistent cross
browser. The text under the search box is the size my designer
wants it to be.
.box {font-size:
9px;}
Thank
you,
Janelle
