Re: [css-d] Ideal line length for different text sizes

2010-02-07 Thread Jukka K. Korpela
Brian M. Curran wrote: I'm styling my website, and noticed that at my given text size that the line lengths are too long, because they hurt my eyes. Is there a rule of thumb for number of characters per line that will yield the best readability? There are lots of rules of thumbs... just pick

Re: [css-d] Ideal line length for different text sizes

2010-02-07 Thread Del Wegener
Why would you do that? Why don't you set the font to the *user's* default font-size (i.e., body { font-size: 100%; })? www.draftingservices.com Is there a common user default font-size? What is the default setting when the user installs a browser? I bet that's where it stays for most

Re: [css-d] Ideal line length for different text sizes

2010-02-07 Thread David Laakso
Del Wegener wrote: Why would you do that? Why don't you set the font to the *user's* default font-size (i.e., body { font-size: 100%; })? www.draftingservices.com Is there a common user default font-size? What is the default setting when the user installs a browser? I

Re: [css-d] Ideal line length for different text sizes

2010-02-07 Thread Felix Miata
On 2010/02/07 08:44 (GMT-0600) Del Wegener composed: Is there a common user default font-size? Sure. What is the default setting when the user installs a browser? 100%/medium/1em. I bet that's where it stays for most users. So? If you're a web designer, your job is to make all the pieces

Re: [css-d] Ideal line length for different text sizes

2010-02-07 Thread Felix Miata
On 2010/02/07 10:07 (GMT-0500) David Laakso composed: Del Wegener wrote: ... Is there a common user default font-size? What is the default setting when the user installs a browser? ... 16px is machine default. ... While that's overwhelmingly most common, it's far from universal. e.g. IE

[css-d] Ideal line length for different text sizes

2010-02-06 Thread Brian M. Curran
Hello, I'm styling my website, and noticed that at my given text size that the line lengths are too long, because they hurt my eyes. Is there a rule of thumb for number of characters per line that will yield the best readability? Sincerely, Brian

Re: [css-d] Ideal line length for different text sizes

2010-02-06 Thread Chris F.A. Johnson
On Sat, 6 Feb 2010, Brian M. Curran wrote: I'm styling my website, and noticed that at my given text size that the line lengths are too long, because they hurt my eyes. Is there a rule of thumb for number of characters per line that will yield the best readability? I use a max-width of

Re: [css-d] Ideal line length for different text sizes

2010-02-06 Thread Felix Miata
On 2010/02/06 21:06 (GMT-0500) Brian M. Curran composed: I'm styling my website, and noticed that at my given text size that the line lengths are too long, because they hurt my eyes. Is there a rule of thumb for number of characters per line that will yield the best readability? Line lengths

Re: [css-d] Ideal line length for different text sizes

2010-02-06 Thread David Laakso
Brian M. Curran wrote: Hello, I'm styling my website, and noticed that at my given text size that the line lengths are too long, because they hurt my eyes. Is there a rule of thumb for number of characters per line that will yield the best readability? Sincerely, Brian Provide the

Re: [css-d] Ideal line length for different text sizes

2010-02-06 Thread Brian M. Curran
Brian M. Curran wrote: Hello, I'm styling my website, and noticed that at my given text size that the line lengths are too long, because they hurt my eyes. Is there a rule of thumb for number of characters per line that will yield the best readability? Sincerely, Brian David Laakso

Re: [css-d] Ideal line length for different text sizes

2010-02-06 Thread Chris F.A. Johnson
On Sat, 6 Feb 2010, Brian M. Curran wrote: Brian M. Curran wrote: Hello, I'm styling my website, and noticed that at my given text size that the line lengths are too long, because they hurt my eyes. Is there a rule of thumb for number of characters per line that will yield the best

Re: [css-d] Ideal line length for different text sizes

2010-02-06 Thread Brian M. Curran
On Sat, 6 Feb 2010, Brian M. Curran wrote: Brian M. Curran wrote: Hello, I'm styling my website, and noticed that at my given text size that the line lengths are too long, because they hurt my eyes. Is there a rule of thumb for number of characters per line that will yield the

Re: [css-d] Ideal line length for different text sizes

2010-02-06 Thread David Laakso
Brian M. Curran wrote: On Sat, 6 Feb 2010, Brian M. Curran wrote: Brian M. Curran wrote: Hello, I'm styling my website, and noticed that at my given text size that the line lengths are too long, because they hurt my eyes. Is there a rule of thumb for number of characters per line that

Re: [css-d] Ideal line length for different text sizes

2010-02-06 Thread David Laakso
David Laakso wrote: Brian M. Curran wrote: Brian M. Curran wrote: Hello, I'm styling my website, and noticed that at my given text size that the www.draftingservices.com Brian, It may be a good idea to delete your CSS file from the host/server and upload it

Re: [css-d] Ideal line length for different text sizes

2010-02-06 Thread Brian M. Curran
David Laakso wrote: It may be a good idea to delete your CSS file from the host/server and upload it again. Most broswers up the new default font-size you've set, But it seems as though the cache in Mac FF sometimes sticks on this end in Mac OS X 10.4 (didn't check in PC FF). Thank you.

Re: [css-d] Ideal line length for different text sizes

2010-02-06 Thread David Laakso
Brian M. Curran wrote: David Laakso wrote: It may be a good idea to delete your CSS file from the host/server and upload it again. Most broswers up the new default font-size you've set, But it seems as though the cache in Mac FF sometimes sticks on this end in Mac OS X 10.4 (didn't check