We were told in the past by a massive client that for accessibility purposes
font sizes needed to be set to 74% as a minimum as the basic reading size
below which it's a straign on the eyes.
I personally don't mess with browser defaults and don't tend to use resets,
but for minimal purposes only.
On Fri, Apr 24, 2009 at 1:12 AM, Brett Patterson <
inspiron.patters...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I have always been told to use something along the lines of either body {
> font-size: 100%; /* a fix for internet explorer */ } because of the way IE
> reads/sizes font. Starting out with html at only 62.5% font-sizing would
> completely mess up IE and the font in the browser would it not?
>
> --
> Brett P.
>
>
> On Thu, Apr 23, 2009 at 7:56 PM, CK <jobs....@bushidodeep.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> Would you elaborate on why the CSS rule invalidates the article? As it
>> appears the authors explanation is sound.
>>
>> html {
>>> font-size: 62.5%;
>>> }
>>>
>>
>>
>> CK
>>
>>
>> On Apr 23, 2009, at 11:28 AM, Chris F.A. Johnson wrote:
>>
>> On Thu, 23 Apr 2009, Christopher Kennon wrote:
>>>
>>> S,
>>>>
>>>> See this article from "Links for light Reading" scrolling down a bit
>>>> you'll
>>>> find a JS solution that may prove useful:
>>>>
>>>> Why Programmers Suck at CSS Design
>>>> <http://www.betaversion.org/~stefano/linotype/news/169/<http://www.betaversion.org/%7Estefano/linotype/news/169/>
>>>> >
>>>>
>>>
>>> That article ceased to be credible as soon as I saw:
>>>
>>> "My suggestion for you is to do the following: start your CSS
>>> stylesheet with
>>>
>>> html {
>>> font-size: 62.5%;
>>> }
>>> "
>>>
>>>
>>> On Apr 22, 2009, at 4:18 PM, Stevio wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Is the box model in IE7 still messed up? I thought they sorted it?
>>>>>
>>>>
>>> It is fixed in standards mode, but I think it uses the broken model
>>> in quirks mode.
>>>
>>> I am floating a div to the right with a width of 50%. The div to the
>>>>> left
>>>>> has a right margin of 50%. I've put a 1px solid border on both of them.
>>>>> In
>>>>> IE7 there is a gap between them but in Firefox they are right against
>>>>> each
>>>>> other.
>>>>>
>>>>> Go figure?
>>>>>
>>>>
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