John Gribben wrote: > I've been struggling with reliable alternatives to pixel-based type sizing > methods, but I haven't been able to find any. I've read many articles on > this subject. It's perhaps the aspect of standards-based coding that for > some reason I find the most confusing. > > Here is an example: > > http://windows.pedrera.com/clients/omnia/temp/ > > With this template, I used a percentage (62.5%) to set the root parent size > for the body and then used em units to set the size of all child elements. > This seemed to work well on IE 7, Firefox 2, and Safari 3 on my system (Win > XP 2002, SP2), but on my boss's machine (which is, I think, basically > identical to mine), the sizing method doesn't work on IE 7. The text is too > large, as if the Text Size were set to "Larger." I checked his browser > settings - the Text Size was set to "Medium" (as it was for my browser).
I would argue that 62.5% of anyone's base font size is too small, accept their font size preference, and enjoy the serenity of knowing that site visitors can read the text without having to increase font size ... ;-) -- David [EMAIL PROTECTED] authenticity, honesty, community ______________________________________________________________________ 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/
