My understanding of the functionality is that it overrides the default
> behavior which would be as follows:
>
> body{ font-size 10px Verdana, "Times New Roman"; }
>
> In this case, if Verdana were not available, the font chosen would be
> Times New Roman at 10px. By using the font-size-adjust, you are able
> to compensate for the clear difference in "perceived size" between
> Verdana (which is readable at 10px) and Times New Roman (which is
> generally not readable at 10px). The font size (as you pointed out)
> would convert to between 12 and 13px for Times New Roman--a much more
> readable size.
>
I haven't been able to find a reference that lists the "perceived size" of
the variety of system fonts so adjustments can be calculated. Do you know
if there is one? I'd like to look further into this.
Thanks
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Susan R. Grossman
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