Hi Jukka >> Please explain what you mean by "font-size checker". Do you mean software >> that shows you the actual font size used in some piece of a web page? >> Using Firefox extensions like the Web Developer Extension or Firebug is >> probably the most common approach.
For example in firebug, I can trace the font-size back to the original value that it was set at in the body tag. What I'd like is to be able to select some text and to be given the equivalent value in pixels or pts, as I'm unsure that the value thats given in the layout part of firebug gives the equivalent pixel value if it was in Photosho. > I don't fully trust firebug's layout > measurement when it comes to font-sizes, as I think it gives a value for the > entire area that the font covers rather than the equivalent value in > pixels. Or am I wrong and I should trust firebug? >> This sounds like you expect the font size to be something else than the >> total height of the font. It can be expressed in different units (pixels, >> points, etc.), with some rounding effects, but what really makes you think >> Firebug gives you wrong figures. Because firebug will be giving the value for the area that the text covers, eg; The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog Firebug will measure from the top of the T to the bottom of the g, does that value in pixels equate to 11px in photoshop? (I guess at this point, I should be doing my own experients with screenshots etc, and I do intend to, but as we're discussing it on the list, I felt it would be worthwhile bringing up) > I appreciate, the measured font-size will vary across DPI's etc, but it > would be very useful to have a benchmark. I have been using the Owen Briggs > method for some time now, but increasingly I get bugs returned from clients > saying the fonts vary from the original design, so I'm losing faith in Owens > method, and am wondering if perhaps a fixed font size is the root to go, > making a seperate stylesheet for IE6. As all browsers resize fonts apart > form IE6. >> Sorry but that doesn't really clarify the situation. Owen Briggs describes >> some methods of _setting_ fonts. And IE 7 does not resize fonts any more >> (or any less) than IE 6 does. (However, people often confuse zooming with >> font resizing.) I'm not entirely sure what you're asking here. From the Owen Briggs method I set the body to be 76% and then increase or decrease the font-size in ems accordingly, thereafter. I apologise, I meant to add IE7 to IE6 as well, that was an oversight on my part. Thanks Kristina ______________________________________________________________________ css-discuss [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.css-discuss.org/mailman/listinfo/css-d List wiki/FAQ -- http://css-discuss.incutio.com/ List policies -- http://css-discuss.org/policies.html Supported by evolt.org -- http://www.evolt.org/help_support_evolt/
