Alan, Thank you for your concern, I would point you to this link as a single example of where I am coming from.
http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2007/04/14/designing-with-grid-based-approach/ Cheers, J. On Jul 10, 2008, at 12:38 AM, Alan Gresley wrote: > Jason Campbell wrote: >> Of course, if you can accidentally change your default font setting, >> your visitor can deliberately change his or her default font setting, >> too, and upset all your design calculations. Perhaps it's better to >> think in terms of a 1em grid than a "10px" grid ... >> David Jones, Content Coordinator, Information and Technology >> Management, >> Customer Relations - KL PS, (808) 948-5830 >> David, >> You are absolutely right the visitor could change their default >> font settings, they can also increase or decrease the font size on >> the fly. >> Which is why I think of it as a foundation, I'm using ems with an >> expectation that the user can change the font size. Setting it to >> 10px just helps me work my grid out initially. >> I have no delusions of it being set in stone, but it gives me a >> place to start one that I can wrap my mind around without too >> much effort ; ) heh. >> Cheers, >> J. > > > There is no place that you can start if your design is based on a > grid. By designing a grid you are creating a design based in stone. > The more you try to create a dimensional design (especially with > ems) the more you cast your design in stone. > > Go this page. > > http://www.jasoncampbell.com/CSS/ > > And via Tools | Options | Content, select 30px from Fonts & Colors. > > Notice how a horizontal scrollbar occurs and the grid is sitting to > the left edge of the viewpoint. Is this the layout that you are > seeking? > > > -- > Alan http://css-class.com/ > > Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's > character, give him power - Abraham Lincoln ______________________________________________________________________ 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/
