[thelist] Vista font sizes in CSS

Sarah Adams mr.sanders at geekjock.ca
Wed Jul 4 16:38:36 CDT 2007


>> Thing is, I don't think it's a Vista thing. I believe it's a font
>> design issue. Just like Verdana is smaller than Arial.
> 
> Yes, of course! This issue has been around for years and in CSS,  
> there really is no way to solve this, other than accepting that your  
> design will look worse for some users than for others. Design for the  
> majority (Windows XP, IE) and then do what you can for everyone else  
> (though they might see a less visually "perfect" version).

You could always try to find alternate fonts that render at closer to
the same size.

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