On 2010/08/11 16:24 (GMT-0400) Averill Ring at Irisweb composed: > 2) There's always a difference between the font rendering from IE8 to FF, IE > always looking larger and bolder. Is there a fix for this?
As to boldness difference: I use Windows so little I'm rusty on specifics, but IIRC, IE8 installation includes having Cleartype turned on for itself, regardless of the desktop-wide Cleartype setting, which defaults to off. If you want them to match, change one to match the other. Note that this is how it will be for users, just something else no designer can "control" with CSS, but may attempt to with JS. As to size difference: Beyond apparent size difference for which the boldness issue above is responsible, IE's (all versions) font size defaults are DPI dependent (sized to 12pt), while most other browsers are not, most often but not always initially sized to 16px. Smaller and/or higher resolution laptops are typically configured by the vendor to "large fonts", the Windows euphemism for 120 DPI, while "normal fonts" is the normal Windows default of 96 DPI. 12pt @ 96 DPI is 16px, same size as the 16px browsers' defaults, while 12pt @ 120 DPI is 20px, the size CSS large would be in browsers remaining set to their initial 16px defaults. Users are free to, and do, set their browser defaults to whatever best suits them, which typically breaks (or worse) layouts that assume they do not (e.g. those with container widths specified in px instead of % or em). See also: http://dowebsitesneedtolookexactlythesameineverybrowser.com/ -- "The wise are known for their understanding, and pleasant words are persuasive." Proverbs 16:21 (New Living Translation) Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 Felix Miata *** http://fm.no-ip.com/ ______________________________________________________________________ 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/
