Posted by Chaddy2222 on 06/10/06 14:52

Beauregard T. Shagnasty wrote:
> Chaddy2222 wrote:
>
> > Ed Mulroy wrote:
> >> I think the pages you looked at dimension in percent but on the other
> >> pages the sidebars are dimensioned in ex. You and everyone else
> >> these days seem to speak of em and not of ex. Please tell me if I
> >> am wrong to use ex instead of em.
> >
> > You would be wrong to use that for font sizeing as IE users can't
> > re-size the text very easyly.
>
> Chaddy, you may have read that as px instead of ex. My understanding is
> that IE will resize with em or ex. It is with the use of px and pt where
> IE fails.
Ops, yes I do believe I did miss read that.
I thaught it might have been a typo on Eds part.

>
> For general use, this page says ex is better.
> <http://kb.mozillazine.org/Em_vs._ex>
>
> Stephen Poley has a page on em/ex:
> <http://www.xs4all.nl/~sbpoley/webmatters/emex.html>
>
> Tho it is still best to use percents for font sizing...
Yes, I agree.
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Regards Chad. http://freewebdesign.cjb.cc

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