Doug Franklin wrote:
William Robb wrote:
I do things like font size=+2 and the like if I want to make a
header,
but otherwise, I don't put font size tags in at all, to allow the
individual
to choose how big the font will be.
Same here, except I typically use 120% or 1.2em or some such.
Mark Roberts wrote:
Yep. Both approaches work but I don't allow my students to use
old-style HTML 3.2 tags like FONT, so we just use percentages or EMs
in stylesheets.
I generally don't either. I use style sheets for prettifying but try
to make the pages work without the sheet and on a
Great phrase!
(Mark!)
Mark, please, keep teaching what you are teaching!
You are doing a great job using the right foundation!
(I used your phrase as a quotation for my friends web-programmers.)
Igor
Fri Apr 6 09:03:56 EDT 2007
Mark Roberts wrote:
It's really challenging for a lot of
Mark,
One important thing to keep in mind for the design of webpages,
which is often overlooked by web-designers and even program designers:
For large monitors and laptops people like using large (125%) fonts
as defined in the Windows display properties.
If you do not account for this, you may
Igor Roshchin wrote:
One important thing to keep in mind for the design of webpages,
which is often overlooked by web-designers and even program designers:
For large monitors and laptops people like using large (125%) fonts
as defined in the Windows display properties.
If you do not account
- Original Message -
From: Doug Franklin
Subject: Re: POLL - Computer Screen Size Resolution (for Mark)
The best bet is to never specify absolute sizes or require specific
absolute sizes for your site to work. Use the default sizes the user
selected with scaling by percentages
William Robb wrote:
I do things like font size=+2 and the like if I want to make a header,
but otherwise, I don't put font size tags in at all, to allow the individual
to choose how big the font will be.
Same here, except I typically use 120% or 1.2em or some such.
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Thanks,
DougF
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