Forgot to mention that you do set specific formatting on text afterwards, as
you mentioned, Janice. And I might add that that is a good point Christian,
it does seem a little silly!
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Brett P.
On Thu, Apr 23, 2009 at 8:39 PM, Brett Patterson <
inspiron.patters...@gmail.com> wrote:
> 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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