Re: [css-d] Another font sizing question

[Gunlaug Sørtun]

D Ross wrote:
I've been sizing fonts by specifying 100.01% on the body (the .01% 
helps safari and maybe IE for those wondering). I've been seeing, 
quite frequently, people specifying body font size as 76%. Any 
advantages or disadvantages to this besides probably not having to 
specify basic font sizes such as  and  that would normally be 
about 76%?


Bob's warning is well placed, as this is an issue where personal
preferences and experiences may follow different tracks and end up at
exactly the same result. Not much to discuss as long as it works across
browser-land, and as long as visitors are happy with it.

So, the pragmatic answer is: 'no, there's no advantage or disadvantage
with either method--if the end result for font-size is going to be
around 76% anyway.'

Since I'm one of those who prefer a slightly larger font-size on
text--regardless of browser, I most often end up with a dual definition
of 16px for standard compliant browsers and 100.01% for IE/win on body,
and 100%/inherit for all browsers on following text-elements. That's
'medium' in most browsers - also known as 'user's preferred font size':


The rest of the whole font-sizing issue is a matter of web designer's
personal preferences and some browser-bugs and differences. No visitor
is bound by defined font-size anyway, so the bottom line is that it
doesn't matter all that much how you define font-sizes-- as long as the
layout can handle *font-resizing* well enough.

regards
Georg
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http://www.gunlaug.no
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[css-d] Another font sizing question

[D Ross]

I've been sizing fonts by specifying 100.01% on the body (the .01%  
helps safari and maybe IE for those wondering). I've been seeing,  
quite frequently, people specifying body font size as 76%. Any  
advantages or disadvantages to this besides probably not having to  
specify basic font sizes such as  and  that would normally be  
about 76%?


Thanks,
David

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