On 2/3/11 9:11 AM, Jeff Nowakowski wrote:
On 02/03/2011 01:21 AM, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:
Someone mentioned in this thread that leaving all font sizes to default
causes the text to be too small.
The rhetoric is convincing but I'm afraid it can't be properly
translated into reality.
It doesn't matter *what* you choose, somebody will complain it is too
small or too large. That doesn't mean that some choices aren't better
than others. Going by default size and making the fonts relative to that
is the way to go, assuming smaller sizes are justified to squeeze in
text to cramped spaces.
Large blocks of text descriptions should be at the default size. Then if
somebody complains about that, tell them to fix their defaults instead
of imposing their monitor and browser settings on the rest of the Internet.
Apparently at least for one person choosing the default makes the text
too large. Making the default smaller in turn makes Wikipedia text too
small.
I wouldn't want to require a change of defaults to see our website or to
compete with Wikipedia :o).
Andrei
