On Fri, 24 Apr 2009, Jason Grant 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.
74% is 26% smaller than the viewer's preferred size, IOW, it's too small. Setting "body { font-size: 100% }" leaves the font at the viewer's preferred size and prevents some IE weirdness. > 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? > >>>>> > >>>> > >>> -- > >>> Chris F.A. Johnson, webmaster <http://woodbine-gerrard.com> > >>> =================================================================== > >>> Author: > >>> Shell Scripting Recipes: A Problem-Solution Approach (2005, Apress) > >>> > >>> > >>> ******************************************************************* > >>> List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm > >>> Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm > >>> Help: memberh...@webstandardsgroup.org > >>> ******************************************************************* > >>> > >>> > >> > >> > >> ******************************************************************* > >> List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm > >> Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm > >> Help: memberh...@webstandardsgroup.org > >> ******************************************************************* > >> > >> > > > > ******************************************************************* > > List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm > > Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm > > Help: memberh...@webstandardsgroup.org > > ******************************************************************* > > > > > -- Chris F.A. Johnson, webmaster <http://woodbine-gerrard.com> =================================================================== Author: Shell Scripting Recipes: A Problem-Solution Approach (2005, Apress) ******************************************************************* List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm Help: memberh...@webstandardsgroup.org *******************************************************************