On Fri, 16 Feb 2007 20:56:00 +0000, David Dorward wrote: > On 16/02/07, jeffrey morin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> i remember reading somewhere that you can control font size easier if you >> set 1em = >> 65%? >> > > You can make an assumption (I wouldn't) that the user has their font size > preference > set to 16px, and then use that to calculate a ration that will set the body > font size > to 10px which is an easier number to use in multiplication.
In addition, realize that text size depends on many factors beyond "user preference". For example, I have a laptop with 1440 x 1050 screen resolution, set to 120 DPI. Without any user preference setting, Firefox indeed shows 1em as 16 pixels. But Opera and IE show 1em as 20 pixels. Even 16px can seem smaller/larger than expected, depending on the font installed on the visitor's machine. In addition, there *are* other operating systems ... Personally, I wouldn't worry too much about it, as long as you use a size close to whatever default the visitor expects. Cordially, David -- www.hucklesby.com ______________________________________________________________________ css-discuss [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.css-discuss.org/mailman/listinfo/css-d IE7 information -- http://css-discuss.incutio.com/?page=IE7 List wiki/FAQ -- http://css-discuss.incutio.com/ Supported by evolt.org -- http://www.evolt.org/help_support_evolt/
