[thelist] CSS: Unix and font sizes
Hassan Schroeder
hassan at webtuitive.com
Fri Apr 13 13:40:08 CDT 2001
Chris Evans wrote:
>
> I decided to go with px to determine my font sizes in CSS. Everything looks
> good on both Mac and Win, NS and IE. On NS on Linux and Solaris (gotta
> target that hidden, deep-pocketed Solaris crowd, ya know!), the font is
> teensy-tiny. I've seen this on other sites as well. Is there a way to get
> NS/UNIX to size fonts correctly, or do I have to provide a separate style
> sheet for UNIX?
Are you sure this is an operating system issue, or is it the screen
resolution? Most workstations have higher-res monitors than typical
PCs.
/* I do a lot of work in a Solaris environment, and yes, a lot of
public sites with hard-coded font sizes are essentially unusable
on a Sun workstation.
When you find yourself using "View Source" to figure out what a
Web site says ...
*/
I'd suggest either sniffing the *monitor resolution*, if you must
use explicit sizes, or (better) using the CSS relative font sizes
("xx-large" - "xx-small") which scale appropriately to the platform
*and* the user's font preferences (bonus points for accessibility!).
FWIW!
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