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?-- 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? >>>> >>> >> -- >> Chris F.A. Johnson, webmaster <http://woodbine-gerrard.com> >> =================================================================== >> Author: >> Shell Scripting Recipes: A Problem-Solution Approach (2005, Apress) >> >> >> ******************************************************************* >> List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm >> Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm >> Help: [email protected] >> ******************************************************************* >> >> > > > ******************************************************************* > List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm > Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm > Help: [email protected] > ******************************************************************* > > ******************************************************************* List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm Help: [email protected] *******************************************************************
