On Tue, Mar 27, 2007 at 02:28:33PM +0100, Chris Ovenden wrote:
> >
> > I'm afraid that question has been discussed to death in this list
> > and elsewhere. I'd say you just have to decide between "usability"
> > and "right size", since usability means that there is no right size.
>
> Surely the "right size", or a t least the right initial size, is the
> same size as (most) other sites.
Wrong. Truth is *not* determined by majority vote.
> By using body { font-size:100% } or similar,
You are giving the user what the user finds most comfortable to read.
> you're immediately making your fonts annoyingly large compared to the
> majority who use something like body { font-size:76% } - a de facto
> 'standard' for good reason:
Nonsense like that is why I have to increase the displayed font size
(sometimes *twice*) on 90+% of the sites I visit in order to be able to
read them. That is most definitely *not* user friendly.
The web is *not* print. The rules are different. Do not expect your
pages to look exactly the same on all displays. You can't even be sure
that your selected font is available and different fonts have different
base sizes, a fact that could very easily throw off all your careful
calculations.
--
"If you will not fight for right when you can easily win without blood
shed; if you will not fight when your victory is sure and not too
costly; you may come to the moment when you will have to fight with
all the odds against you and only a precarious chance of survival.
There may even be a worse case. You may have to fight when there is no
hope of victory, because it is better to perish than to live as
slaves." -- Winston Churchill
Rick Pasotto [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.niof.net
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