[thelist] Font Size

Karen J. Bowen lists at miinx.com.au
Fri Sep 27 21:13:01 CDT 2002


djinn at darkdesigns.org wrote:
> What is the best way to specify the "default" font size for an entire page
> in HTML? I plan to add a basic CSS to my site but would like to have a
> fall-back for those browsers who don't deal with CSS well or at all.

heheh - I almost said, when you asked last night about where to post
basic html questions, that "yes, you can post them here, but they will
probably lead take an immediate turn to the left and spark a lengthy,
probably heated, debate about something highly theoretical that just
manages to hang on to your question by a thread..."  ;)

Basically Jean, no, there's no way to specify a "default" font size in
HTML - which is why, when you look at older html pages now, you'll see
<font> tags literally everywhere.

What older browsers are you wanting to target?  Even Netscape 4.x will
support some basic CSS...  my knowledge on earlier ones is rusty, but if
there's something in particular you're needing to allow for, let us know.

One thing you can do, using just HTML, is make use of the standard text
formatting tags.

<p>  for your content,
<h1> for the big headings,
<h2> for slightly smaller headings
down to
<h6> for tiny (but still emphasised) headings

Good luck :)

Karen
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