[thelist] Re: CSS article

[Matt]

I've repeatedly heard that setting it in pixels (px) is more accurate
x-browser/platform, and I generally use only px, without problems.

.matt

Techwatcher wrote:

> > I'm still in the middle of reading the article but there's
> > a part where she says
> >
> > "If I had a dime for every corporate site that tries to set
> > text size in points..."
> >
> > Is there something wrong with doing this? How should text
> > size be set? In ems?
> >
>
> I have a problem with this, too. Normally, I don't set text sizes at
> all (I come from the "trust your browser" school of Web design). But, I
> like to use CSS to specify that headings (at least through level 3)
> should use the non-serif font family as well as being centered. On the
> connected machine I'm using, that apparently means Universe. Universe
> is WAY too wide and big. So, I specify font sizes in points for the
> headings (I use 18, 14, 12 for levels 1, 2, 3 respectively). Does
> anyone have a better solution? Some simple, elegant way to display
> decent headings without forcing a font download or some other bandwidth-
> clutter?
>
> Cheers
> Carol Stein
> techwatcher at accesswriters.com
>
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