I have always been told to use something along the lines of either body {
font-size: 100%; /* a fix for internet explorer */ } because of the way IE
reads/sizes font. Starting out with html at only 62.5% font-sizing would
completely mess up IE and the font in the browser would it not?

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Brett P.


On Thu, Apr 23, 2009 at 7:56 PM, CK <[email protected]> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Would you elaborate on why the CSS rule invalidates the article? As it
> appears the authors explanation is sound.
>
>  html {
>>          font-size: 62.5%;
>>        }
>>
>
>
> CK
>
>
> On Apr 23, 2009, at 11:28 AM, Chris F.A. Johnson wrote:
>
>  On Thu, 23 Apr 2009, Christopher Kennon wrote:
>>
>>  S,
>>>
>>> See this article from "Links for light Reading" scrolling down a bit
>>> you'll
>>> find a JS solution that may prove useful:
>>>
>>> Why Programmers Suck at CSS Design
>>> <http://www.betaversion.org/~stefano/linotype/news/169/<http://www.betaversion.org/%7Estefano/linotype/news/169/>
>>> >
>>>
>>
>>  That article ceased to be credible as soon as I saw:
>>
>>     "My suggestion for you is to do the following: start your CSS
>>      stylesheet with
>>
>>        html {
>>          font-size: 62.5%;
>>        }
>> "
>>
>>
>>  On Apr 22, 2009, at 4:18 PM, Stevio wrote:
>>>
>>>  Is the box model in IE7 still messed up? I thought they sorted it?
>>>>
>>>
>>  It is fixed in standards mode, but I think it uses the broken model
>>  in quirks mode.
>>
>>  I am floating a div to the right with a width of 50%. The div to the left
>>>> has a right margin of 50%. I've put a 1px solid border on both of them.
>>>> In
>>>> IE7 there is a gap between them but in Firefox they are right against
>>>> each
>>>> other.
>>>>
>>>> Go figure?
>>>>
>>>
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