[thelist] x-small

[sfmalo]

Hi Peter -

I too use x-small, small, medium, etc. in my stylesheets because users can resize the text as they please. However, many users don't even know enough to do that. So, to be sure text is as readable as possible, I use medium or small for the main portions of text 'cause of Netscape displaying fonts smaller than I.E. I'll use x-small for things like "contact webmaster" at the bottom of a page or "View Shopping Cart" as a textual link below a self-explanatory graphic. Perhaps even "Privacy Policy" too. Stuff like that that I don't want to "give equal impact to" or take away from the content of the message ... but that still needs to be there.

Hope this helps.

Sharon
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Sharon F. Malone
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sfmalo at 24caratdesign.com
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Peter" <peter at poorbuthappy.com>
To: <thelist at lists.evolt.org>
Sent: Sunday, January 20, 2002 3:01 AM
Subject: [thelist] x-small


> 
> >Hi,
> 
> I'm a stylesheet simpleton, but I'm using font size x-small in my 
> stylesheet. Seemed to work peachy (I use it because it allows resizing the 
> font with the browser settings) but I got complaints from a mac user that 
> on NN + Mac the font looks waaay to small.
> I don't want to do advanced css (I looked at the @ hack but didn't even get 
> it), I just want a font size that looks good and resizes nicely in all 
> browsers. What to do? It's important, it's for my portfolio...
> Peter
> http://petervandijck.net
> 
> 
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