Well, according to the rules as I have read, Browser font-sizing takes
precedence in certain circumstances...so, if the user's font-size is 14pt.
then that means the body text font-size will be 62.5% of that. This goes in
according to the rules of inheritance...I have never actually seen anyone
set font-size in html, let alone at 62.5% or 74%. But I have, however, seen
it at body at 100%.
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Brett P.
On Thu, Apr 23, 2009 at 8:28 PM, Jason Grant <ja...@flexewebs.com> wrote:
> 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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