[thelist] Font size problems with CSS & NN 4.73(win)

[noah]

At 12:39 AM 13/06/2001 -0400, aardvark wrote:
> > From: "Darren Neimke" <darrenn at qldstate.com.au>
> >
> >  > Never use pt, always use px. px gives the most reliable
> > cross-browser
> >  > cross-OS result. See
> >
> >  > http://www.alistapart.com/stories/fear4/
> >
> > I thought that using 'em' gave the most consistent results.
>
>nup, sorry...

The advantage of using em, though, as I understand it, is that control over 
the font size remains in the hands of the user. For example, if you set a 
font at 15px, it will show up at 15px for everyone, regardless of the font 
size settings in their browser. If you use em you won't get the same 
consistency, but people will be able to change the text size via the 
browser, which seems to be a pretty significant accessibility issue.

Cheers,
Noah