On 2/2/11 5:20 PM, David Nadlinger wrote:
On 2/2/11 11:34 PM, David Nadlinger wrote:
Setting font size, line height and element dimensions in pixels is the
only option if you want an at least somewhat consistent user
experience […]
Okay, I guess that should rather be »the most reasonable option if you
want an at least somewhat consistent user experience…«.
I know well that standards-minded web developers used to strongly
advocate using relative sizes not too long ago, but in my perception,
things have changed since that.
Anyway, regardless of what's used as a base for font size, you'll
probably always need to modify the zoom level on some sites out there.
For example, Andrei's copy of the cutting-edge Phobos docs appears way
to big with standard Chromium font size settings on my screen, but if I
turned it down globally in browser preferences, Wikipedia would now be
too small – they use 0.8em font size for body copy…
David
It is also my perception that many of today's sites choose their own
fonts and font sizes. Do we have a person with experience who could tell
us what to do about font sizes?
Andrei
