Re: [WSG] Font Size Re-sizing

2005-08-16 Thread Darren Wood
I know there are a lot of old school designers out there (and when I say designer I mean those people who spend their hours in photoshop and NOT doing the markup) who still insist that font-sizes be in point size. That is simply not practical in the web-space (as, I'm sure you know)...generally I

RE: [WSG] Font Size Re-sizing

2005-08-16 Thread Janelle Clemens
(body {font: x-small/130% Veranda, Arial, san-serif;}).Is this a browser hack? Thanks, Janelle -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Darren Wood Sent: Tuesday, August 16, 2005 1:55 PM To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org Subject: Re: [WSG] Font Si

Re: [WSG] Font Size Re-sizing

2005-08-16 Thread Brian Cummiskey
Janelle Clemens wrote: Can you explain what the slash in your example is (body {font: x-small/130% Veranda, Arial, san-serif;}).Is this a browser hack? 130% in this case is the line height. it's short hand for: body { font-family: verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small; line-height: 13

RE: [WSG] Font Size Re-sizing

2005-08-16 Thread Drake, Ted C.
EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Janelle Clemens Sent: Tuesday, August 16, 2005 2:15 PM To: 'wsg@webstandardsgroup.org' Subject: RE: [WSG] Font Size Re-sizing We are in the middle of redesigning our company's website and after using pt for so long ems have bee

RE: [WSG] Font Size Re-sizing

2005-08-16 Thread standards
om: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Darren > Wood > Sent: Tuesday, August 16, 2005 1:55 PM > To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org > Subject: Re: [WSG] Font Size Re-sizing > > I know there are a lot of old school designers out there (and when I say > designer I m

RE: [WSG] Font Size Re-sizing

2005-08-16 Thread Janelle Clemens
, August 16, 2005 2:25 PM To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org Subject: Re: [WSG] Font Size Re-sizing Janelle Clemens wrote: Can you explain what the slash in your example is (body {font: > x-small/130% Veranda, Arial, san-serif;}).Is this a browser hack? 130% in this case is the line height. i

RE: [WSG] Font Size Re-sizing

2005-08-16 Thread Janelle Clemens
MAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Brian Cummiskey Sent: Tuesday, August 16, 2005 2:25 PM To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org Subject: Re: [WSG] Font Size Re-sizing Janelle Clemens wrote: Can you explain what the slash in your example is (body {font: > x-small/130% Veranda, Arial, san-serif;}).Is this a

Re: [WSG] Font Size Re-sizing

2005-08-16 Thread James O'Neill
Mario, /* use percentile on html to prevent IE from seemingly using a logrimthic increase and decrease         in font size when scaling (IE Bug) and use 100.1% to prevent a bug in Opera, and then set your font sizes in em's after that. Declare Body and Table Font size together to compensate for

Re: [WSG] Font Size Re-sizing

2005-08-16 Thread David Laakso
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The following is my current set of rules for allowing visitors to zoom text: body {margin: 0; padding: 0; font-size: 76%; background: #6A6A8F;} #container {width: 100%; font: normal 1em/14pt verdana, arial, sans-serif; text-align: justify; background: #fff;} Any advice

Re: [WSG] Font Size Re-sizing

2005-08-16 Thread Felix Miata
Janelle Clemens wrote: > Oh, another quick question. Is it better to use % for line-height versus > pixel?Like I said I am used to using set sizes (pt & px) for everything. > This css is such a learning/breaking bad habits adventure. Actually the best answer should be neither, but due to