[thelist] Text size

[Erika Meyer]

1. http://evolt.org/index.cfm?menu=8&cid=253
"Give the User Control over your Fonts"

2. CSS percentages

3. (my favorite) Don't specify a font size!

Unless a user is using IE5 Mac, s/he cannot, to my knowledge, resize 
either px or pt without turning CSS off.  (Someone will correct me if 
I'm wrong.)

Erika

>I am after opinion here about setting font sizes in CSS where the user does
>not loose the ability to change the font size if they wish.  I need our web
>site to be accessible to the poor sighted who may need to enlarge the font
>sizes.  Is percentage the best to use in this case? Or does using either px
>or pt give the user the ability to increase font size.
>
>I'm also sure that this would be useful for those designers who build sites
>on a PC and only check them on a PC.  I use mainly a Mac, and the number of
>(top) sites I visit where, not only is the text too small to read in the
>first place, but I am also unable to change the font size at my desire to
>make the text readable.
>
>ZoÎ Oughton

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