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Posted by dorayme on 06/25/07 04:10
In article <f5nck8$gbg$1@aioe.org>,
"Nik Coughlin" <nrkn.com@gmail.com> wrote:
> dorayme wrote:
> >
> > I was looking at http://alistapart.com/articles/keepingcurrent/
> > the other day and became gloomy thinking that there really is no
> > hope on this font-size battle. It is lost. Here is a serious
> > article on a respected website consciously using small fonts for
> > main body text. The deliberateness is announced in no uncertain
> > terms. First:
> >
> > * {margin: 0; padding: 0;}
> >
> > now that is pretty serious stuff.
>
> ???
>
> I use that rule all the time. Gets rid of visual disparities between
> browsers. Then I put padding and margins back in as required.
Yes, I know. Take my remark as a compliment to you! In what
immediately followed:
> Next the plan becomes quite clear:
>
> body {font: 0.8125em Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 1; color:
> #333; background: #FFF;}
I meant simply that it was a very deliberate style sheet by
someone who shows competence and purpose. Newbies tend not to
clear the decks with "*".
Yet ... then see my obvious point about the choice of staarting
font-size.
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dorayme
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