Karl Bedingfield wrote: > I'm getting confused. There appears to be many ways of font resizing > and I cannot make my mind up which is the best method. > > In the body style some use use 12px and pixel font sizes there after. > Some use body style of 100% and percentages there after and finally > some use 101% in body with ems there after. > > Which is the best option for cross-browser performance? > > Many thanks > >
There is no definitive method. There are numerous theories. Opinions abound. Use the method/theory that best meets your users needs, rather than your need. The 101% (100.01%) as I recall had something to due with a rounding error in Opera (compensation for fonts being a little smaller in that browser). But it is not seen that much in style sheets nowadays. My own opinion is the use of keyword, pixels, em, or percent will all work. Keywords can be problematic, though. Pixels can only be scaled in IE if the user is in "accessibility mode" with the "ignore font-sizes" boxed checked (so maybe its not such good idea to use pixels). Em's are fine providing you set a percent base on html, or body declarations, or they'll go totally goofy when scaled (an IE bug). I find using percent throughout the style sheet with line-height set as a raw number (no unit of measure) most consistent /for me/ cross-browser. Typography is a very simple craft whose goal is simply to make words readable. But that ain't easy (particularly on a screen). Honoring user default for the primary content p (user default is medium, 16px, 1em, or 100%) is the way some of us strive to meet that goal. In the end, /it is your call./ -- http://chelseacreekstudio.com/ ______________________________________________________________________ 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/
