[thelist] CSS: font-size fun!

[michael ensor]

TIM~thanks for those references, I will be zealously perusing  the site(s)


----- Original Message -----
From: "Timothy J. Luoma" <lists at tntluoma.com>
To: <thelist at lists.evolt.org>
Sent: Thursday, August 22, 2002 6:32 PM
Subject: Re: [thelist] CSS: font-size fun!


> michael ensor wrote:
> > using css " absolute" font size keywords may validate but
implementation is
> > problematic.
>
> but can be made much easier using the techniques at
> http://diveintoaccessibility.org/day_26_using_relative_font_sizes.html
>
> > 1. IE 5.5  displays fonts sized with the small keywords at the default
size
>
> see above
>
> > 2. Ditto Opera
>
> It is true that Opera generally shows font keywords "too big" ... this
> bug has been reported to them and will hopefully be fixed in v7
> (codename "Presto" :-)
>
> However, most Opera users are savvy enough to know how to change the
> zoom of a page if it appears too large to them, and so this is a minor
> problem at worst.
>
> BTW to see how font sizes compare, you might checkout
>
> http://www.tntluoma.com/css/tests/font-sizes.html
>
> which I put up the other day to show somehow IE's lack of ability to
> resize fonts which are in PT or PX but which also uses keywords.
>
> The biggest benefit of font keywords, IMO, is that they won't get "too
> small" ... if you haven't read the above URL, it's well worth the read
> (warning: it may take a few read-throughs to digest it all!)
>
> Actually the whole diveintoaccessibility is a great series
>
> TjL
>
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