[TCP] percents in CSS

2007-09-13 Thread Lisa Gielczyk (TCP)
Hi everyone, So, I've been going through the tutorials people recommended yesterday, and I'm learning a lot! Thanks so much! There's one thing I haven't been able to figure out from the lessons and examples--percents. Look at this page: http://www.w3schools.com/css/tryit.asp?filename=trycss_dim_h

[TCP] percents in CSS

2007-09-13 Thread Lisa Gielczyk (TCP)
ich isn't a particular percentage. > > Donna > > > > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > On Behalf Of Lisa Gielczyk (TCP) > Sent: Thursday, September 13, 2007 2:21 PM > To: TCP List > Subject: [TCP] percents in CS

Re: [TCP] percents in CSS

2007-09-13 Thread Jones, Donna
y, September 13, 2007 2:21 PM To: TCP List Subject: [TCP] percents in CSS Hi everyone, So, I've been going through the tutorials people recommended yesterday, and I'm learning a lot! Thanks so much! There's one thing I haven't been able to figure out from the lessons and examples

Re: [TCP] percents in CSS

2007-09-13 Thread Chris Borokowski
wrote: > The top image is normal size. The bottom one is 10%, and it's > smaller, > which makes sense. The second is 50%... but it's larger? Can someone > help the newbie figure out what's going on here? http://technical-writing.dionysius.com/ technical writing | consulting | development

Re: [TCP] percents in CSS

2007-09-13 Thread Laura Lemay
Jones, Donna wrote: > It means that the original graphic is double the size of the 50% > graphic. The top one uses "Auto," which isn't a particular percentage. The top graphic is the original graphic. "auto" means fit to original size. The confusion here is that "height" in percents does not me

Re: [TCP] percents in CSS

2007-09-13 Thread Lisa Gielczyk (TCP)
Thank you, Laura! Now I understand. :) What would you recommend for learning CSS? Lisa On 9/13/07, Laura Lemay <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Jones, Donna wrote: > > It means that the original graphic is double the size of the 50% > > graphic. The top one uses "Auto," which isn't a particular per

Re: [TCP] percents in CSS

2007-09-13 Thread John Garison
Another of Subcide's excellent tutorials, this one on Relative Font Sizes: http://www.subcide.com/tutorials/relativesizes/ Relative font sizes are something that I've avoided for far too long due to bad experiences in the past, and being a picky designer who likes things pixel perfect. The new

Re: [TCP] percents in CSS

2007-09-13 Thread Char James-Tanny
> Another of Subcide's excellent tutorials, this one on Relative Font Sizes: > > http://www.subcide.com/tutorials/relativesizes/ And to make life really easy in general, set the base font (using John's example or whatever one makes you happy ;-) ), and then only override it as necessary (for examp

Re: [TCP] percents in CSS

2007-09-13 Thread Bonnie Granat
e built-in tutorials. Bonnie Granat http://www.GranatEdit.com > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Lisa Gielczyk (TCP) > Sent: Thursday, September 13, 2007 5:08 PM > To: Laura Lemay > Cc: TCP List > Subject: Re: [T

Re: [TCP] percents in CSS

2007-09-14 Thread Charles Beck
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Bonnie Granat Sent: Thursday, September 13, 2007 21:18 To: 'Lisa Gielczyk (TCP)'; 'TCP List' Subject: Re: [TCP] percents in CSS Lisa, If you have a few dollars on hand, I highly recommend TopStylePro, a little program by Nick Bradbury that will

Re: [TCP] percents in CSS

2007-09-14 Thread Laura Lemay
On Sep 13, 2007, at 2:08 PM, Lisa Gielczyk (TCP) wrote: > Thank you, Laura! Now I understand. :) > > What would you recommend for learning CSS? I am old-school; I still like books. Eric Meyer's "CSS: The Definitive Guide" worked for me, as well as his two more tutorial-oriented "Eric Meyer o