Jukka K. Korpela wrote: > On Wed, 12 Sep 2007, vwf wrote: > >> Normally you give list >> of font-names to choose from. Unfortunately, some fonts will show bigger >> than others on the list. This can have a negative effect on readability. > > Indeed. This is the basic reason why many people warn against using fonts > with a large x-height (such as Verdana) for copy text. To make the font > size reasonable to his (or his boss's) eyes, an author who makes such a > font the primary one will usually set font size to something fairly small. > Then people using systems where that font is not available will see some > different font in a size that may be much too small for them. > > There's no good solution to this at present.
Yes, there is. Assume your visitors' font preferences are what they want, and DON'T SPECIFY A FONT SIZE!!!! Happy visitors are far more important to a web site than the tender egos of folk involved in designing the site. -- David [EMAIL PROTECTED] authenticity, honesty, community ______________________________________________________________________ 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/
