"Doug Franklin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >On Tue, 9 Dec 2003 00:14:19 -0500, Juey Chong Ong wrote: > >> e.g. a font size of 10px is going to look smaller on a 96ppi >> display than a 72ppi display. > >This is one of my pet peeves and the easiest way except for using Flash >to get me to go away. On my 19" display at 1600 x 1200, a 10 pixel >font requires a magnifying glass. Some jerks specify six and eight >pixel fonts. I assume they don't want my custom and move on. > >> I suggest that you specify font size in points rather than pixels. > >I fully concur. Or even the relative size names like "normal", >"smaller", "small", "larger", "large", "x-large", etc.
The best way is to not set font size in either points *or* pixels: Use relative font sizes, either with "size=xx%" in style sheets or with +/- settings in the "FONT" tag (font size=-1 or font size=+2, for example). That way all your site's visitors can set the page to look the way they like. (This is especially important for visually impaired users.) -- Mark Roberts Photography and writing www.robertstech.com
