On Fri, Apr 24, 2009 at 1:42 AM, Chris F.A. Johnson <c...@freeshell.org> wrote:
> 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.
>
That's a very good practice indeed, I believe it's included in most
"reset" stylesheets.
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