On Fri, 24 Apr 2009, Jason Grant wrote:
> 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.
74% is 26% smaller than the viewer's preferred size, IOW, it's too
small.
Setting "body { font-size: 100% }" leaves the font at the viewer's
preferred size and prevents some IE weirdness.
> 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?
> >>>>>
> >>>>
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