Posted by Beauregard T. Shagnasty on 05/28/06 02:09

In alt.html, Chris Tomlinson wrote:

> Hope someone is able to help. I notice when I design a basic HTML
> page, it is affected if a WinXP

...or any other version of any graphical OS..

> user has Large Fonts set in their Control Panel. However some pages,
> e.g. www.bbc.co.uk/news are unaffected by this I think. They are
> definitely not affected by changing the font size within the browser.
>

When I increase the size in my browser, that bbc page conforms. You must
be using Internet Explorer, which will not resize fonts set in pixels or
points. Try it in, oh, say, Firefox, and press Control-Plus a couple of
times, or with Opera and pick 120% from the little sizer doodad.

> Because I want to add tables, which will word-wrap incorrectly if the
> font size is changed, how can I disable allowing the browser to do
> this?

What will your visually impaired visitors do? And, unless the visitor is
using IE, they all can easily override your fixed font size. (So can IE,
but it is not apparently easy, therefore the masses don't know how.)

> Basically I want the font size to stay how I designed it. If they
> need it bigger, they can use the zoom option in more recent browsers.

Web pages used on the World Wide Web should be designed for the
visitors, not the author.

> Thanks in advance for any helpful constructive replies :)

Set your body { font-size: 100%; } and use slightly larger for headings,
and slightly smaller for legalese. Then everyone should be able to read
it. Oh, and don't use Verdana like the bbc does.

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-bts
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