I admit, I've only seen it used on the body tag too. Seeing it on html threw me, so at first I was wondering if the objection was over that instead of body. Janice
_____ From: li...@webstandardsgroup.org [mailto:li...@webstandardsgroup.org] On Behalf Of Brett Patterson Sent: Thursday, April 23, 2009 5:46 PM To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org Subject: Re: [WSG] Box model in IE7 Forgot to mention that you do set specific formatting on text afterwards, as you mentioned, Janice. And I might add that that is a good point Christian, it does seem a little silly! -- Brett P. On Thu, Apr 23, 2009 at 8:39 PM, Brett Patterson <inspiron.patters...@gmail.com> wrote: Well, according to the rules as I have read, Browser font-sizing takes precedence in certain circumstances...so, if the user's font-size is 14pt. then that means the body text font-size will be 62.5% of that. This goes in according to the rules of inheritance...I have never actually seen anyone set font-size in html, let alone at 62.5% or 74%. But I have, however, seen it at body at 100%. -- Brett P. On Thu, Apr 23, 2009 at 8:28 PM, Jason Grant <ja...@flexewebs.com> 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. 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 <inspiron.patters...@gmail.com> 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 <jobs....@bushidodeep.com> 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. 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