Rick Faircloth wrote: > What establishes the baseline size of 100% ? > Do all browsers use the same baseline size? And do all > browsers react to percentages the same? > > Rick > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Luc > Sent: Wednesday, June 20, 2007 4:03 PM > To: trevor on css-discuss > Subject: Re: [css-d] Best way for text when enlarged > > Good afternoon trevor, > It was foretold that on 20/6/2007 @ 12:09:17 GMT-0700 (PDT) (which was > 16:09:17 where I live) trevor bayliss would write: > > <snipped a bit> > > >> On the body part of the css at the moment it is font 11px -what >> should I change it to some percent value? >> > > I use a minimum of 76%. > > >
There is a good argument for setting the font-size on the body tag to 100% every time, it sets a base level for the font-size that is readable to most everyone and won't affect people who have their minimum font-size set to anything other than the default. As for the rest of the text e.g. the text in paragraphs and headings and so on you can set their font-sizes relative to the body default using ems or %. There are some differences between browsers though not a lot, it's rarely an issue for me so I haven't really looked into it fully. Check out Eric Meyer's CSS reset reloaded: http://meyerweb.com/eric/thoughts/2007/05/01/reset-reloaded/ It's a great place to start as all your styling, especially in terms of typography as the majority of browsers will then have the same starting defaults and you can set your font-sizes to your hearts content on the elements that need it. You do need to explicitly specify every bit of styling you need so you can't rely on the old browser defaults if you do this but on the plus side you know exactly where you stand to begin with. Rule of thumb is to avoid fixed px sizes on fonts in general as they wont be resizable in <= IE6. Rob ______________________________________________________________________ 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/
