Brian M. Curran wrote: > > > > > This is interesting. Originally I thought that when I was sizing my header > tags, using percentages, that the base size was that of the <p> tag. However, > when I do the following in my stlyle sheet, the <p> text size changes, but > the header text size doesn't. The nav bar text size also doesn't change. Like > I said, I thought the working point for all text was the <p> tag > > body { > margin: 0; > padding: 0; > /* ===== font-size: small; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ===== */ > font: 100%/1.4 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, sans-serif; > background: #fff; > color: #000; > } > p { font-size: 75%; } > > > I also don't understand the font family change and the 100%/1.4. By > increasing or decreasing 1.4 I can see the effect that it has, but why you > recommended it I don't know. > > Thoughts anyone? > > Sincerely, > Brian > > >
The base is default (100%) p { font-size: 75%; }/*makes the paragraphs 25% less than default*/ 1.4 is line-height. For example, within paragraphs <p>...</p> its the "leading" or space between the rows of text in a paragraph. Default line-height is: normal (1.2 or 1.3) depending on the browser. Since your "measure" (line-length) is narrow (the columns are narrow) 100%/normal would be more appropriate than 1.4. Re-set the headings to the percent value you desire. Same for the nav. ______________________________________________________________________ css-discuss [cs...@lists.css-discuss.org] 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/