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!
-- 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%. > > -- > 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? >>>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> Chris F.A. 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