RE: UKNM: Font sizes in CSS/HTML

[John Handelaar]

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From: ownerchinwag [dot] com [ownerchinwag [dot] com]On">mailto:ownerchinwag [dot] com]On Behalf Of Ben Hunt

> Sent: 21 July 2000 12:05

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To: 'uk-netmarketingchinwag [dot] com'

> Subject: UKNM: Font sizes in CSS/HTML

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> Point size is meant to be relative to a normal average size, and 

> the browser

> works out what's best for us to see. Pixel size is absolute, and 

> it's not a

> good idea to use this for anything but the most exceptional 

> reason because:

> web users should be able to set the font size that suits their screen and

> vision (some people *need* very large fonts), and if you set pixel sizes,

> they can't control how they're viewed.


On the other hand:  a type size measured in px will

almost certainly look *exactly* the same on any

platform and most browsers, whereas point sizes are

basically anyone's guess.


And it is possible to allow for users' requirements

of larger type whilst still using CSS in this way - 

just a little more difficult.  The most elegant thing

I've seen in some time is what they're using on the

Forums at www.ecompany.com - a little tool which

changes the CSS of the current page to larger or

smaller type, and then stays with it until you ask

it otherwise.


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