We were told in the past by a massive client that for accessibility purposes font sizes needed to be set to 74% as a minimum as the basic reading size below which it's a straign on the eyes.
I personally don't mess with browser defaults and don't tend to use resets, but for minimal purposes only. On Fri, Apr 24, 2009 at 1:12 AM, Brett Patterson < [email protected]> wrote: > 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] > ******************************************************************* -- Jason Grant BSc, MSc CEO, Flexewebs Ltd. www.flexewebs.com [email protected] +44 (0)7748 591 770 Company no.: 5587469 www.flexewebs.com/semantix www.twitter.com/flexewebs www.linkedin.com/in/flexewebs ******************************************************************* List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm Help: [email protected] *******************************************************************
