RE: [WSG] font size - was [ Accessible websites]

2009-07-07 Thread Chris F.A. Johnson
On Tue, 7 Jul 2009, Mario Theodorou wrote: Try using font-size:0.8em this is a better method for font-size accessibility Which will be too small for me (and many other people) to read comfortably. -Original Message- From: li...@webstandardsgroup.org [mailto:li...@webstandardsgroup.o

Re: [WSG] font size - was [ Accessible websites]

2009-07-07 Thread designer
Hi Nick, - Original Message - From: "Nick Fitzsimons" To: Sent: Tuesday, July 07, 2009 12:47 PM Subject: Re: [WSG] font size - was [ Accessible websites] Different fonts have different sized letter forms; _of course_ they look different. Look up x-height <http://en.

RE: [WSG] font size - was [ Accessible websites]

2009-07-07 Thread Mario Theodorou
Try using font-size:0.8em this is a better method for font-size accessibility -Original Message- From: li...@webstandardsgroup.org [mailto:li...@webstandardsgroup.org] On Behalf Of designer Sent: 07 July 2009 12:20 To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org Subject: [WSG] font size - was [ Accessibl

Re: [WSG] font size - was [ Accessible websites]

2009-07-07 Thread Nick Fitzsimons
2009/7/7 designer : > I've been reading (and trying to learn from) the discussions on > accessibility and particularly font size. I have never had any success at > using ways other than pixels. When I read: > > http://informationarchitects.jp/100e2r/?v=4 > > I agreed with the author that the text s

Re: [WSG] font size - was [ Accessible websites]

2009-07-07 Thread hariharan k
Hi, check the link you will find the soln :) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Safari-Font-Rendering-Scares-Windows-Users-57815.shtml http://www.joelonsoftware.com/items/2007/06/12.html regards, - hariharan k - On Tue, Jul 7, 2009 at 4:58 PM, Rimantas Liubertas wrote: > > I've been reading (and t

Re: [WSG] font size - was [ Accessible websites]

2009-07-07 Thread Rimantas Liubertas
> I've been reading (and trying to learn from) the discussions on > accessibility and particularly font size. I have never had any success at > using ways other than pixels. <…> > So, whilst the idea of text at 100% sounds reasonable, I always get a mixed > bag of results. I feel as a designer(sugg