On 12/11/05, Nathan Wheatley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi again, > > With regard to pixel values in the line height. I just found this > (http://www.simplebits.com/notebook/2004/07/18/clickable.html) > article, and it is used there. I persoanlly can't see a problem with > it, but if you can tell me why you would not use, it, it would be much > appreciated.
Sure, I'll explain the problem with pixel line heights, and hopefully some other list members can cover any points I miss. First of all, the article you mention is old... almost a year and a half old. But more important than that, the technique it talks about doesn't need a pixel defined line height to work. If you know your icon is about the same height as the text size you are using (let's say these are chunky links at 1.2 em), then you don't need an absolute line height, but just a line height that is relative to the height of the text. So if your text is 1.2 em, then a line height of 1.8 would give enough room above and below the text to produce an identical effect. Another way to do this, if you want some extra pixel space above and below, is to just add pixel padding... padding doesn't confine text to a fixed height the way line-height does. And here's why confining text to a fixed line height is bad... ... because everyone who sees your text, who happens to have a default text size larger than your line height, can't read the text at all... because the lines will either overlap each other, or the top and bottom of the letters will be hidden. And that's very hard to get around. If there wasn't any other way to do the technique that you mentioned, then I wouldn't be so critical of it, but the fact that a pixel line height is not necessary is exactly why you shouldn't even bother. The article is allright, but like many articles about techniques on the web, especially old ones, it has a mistake. And I really wish some of these old articles would get edited, because lots of these techniques just get cut-n-pasted, and these mistakes end up all over the web. But I've answered your question, so I shouldn't rant. Hope that helps. As for your page, if no one else helps, I'll help you with it tomorrow when I have more time. Back to studying... -- -- Christian Montoya christianmontoya.com ... rdpdesign.com ... cssliquid.com ****************************************************** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some hints on posting to the list & getting help ******************************************************
