[thelist] FW: css font sizes

>
>  >I've been give the job of making a collection of HTML pages comply
>  >with w3c accessibility guidelines.

Does this mean you must make all pages "Triple A," i.e. comply with 
priority levels 1, 2 AND 3?

>From what I've read at the w3c
>  >site http://www.w3.org/TR/1999/WAI-WEBCONTENT-19990505/ this is
>  >best achieved by separating content from formatting as much as
>  >possible. Tables are replaced with positioned divs for placement,
>  >not to mention defining type with CSS. Which leads me to my question...
>  >What 'unit' or method is BEST for relatively sizing fonts with
>  >CSS.

I don't know what the "best" unit is... and would like to hear what 
people have to say...

But have you thought about the possibility of building a fluid site 
and not specifying any fonts except perhaps on headers?

Are your pages supposed to look the "same" as the were before yet be 
fully compliant with the guidelines? (depending on how the original 
pages were designed, this may not be possible...)

Also, my understanding is that table layout is okay (considering 
browser support for positioning) as long as the table "linearizes" 
well.

I like to check my sites on lynxviewer to get an idea of what they 
look like as text only.
http://www.delorie.com/web/lynxview.html

Erika





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