Posted by Peter Olcott on 06/18/06 17:59

"Beauregard T. Shagnasty" <a.nony.mous@example.invalid> wrote in message
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> In alt.html, Peter Olcott wrote:
>
>> "Beauregard T. Shagnasty" <a.nony.mous@example.invalid> wrote:
>>> In alt.html, Peter Olcott wrote:
>>>
>>>> What is a method or set of methods that can determine all of the
>>>> font characteristics of any web page?
>>>
>>> Use CSS. Do you know what this is at this point?
>>>
>> I am not writing webpages I am parsing websites. I have no choice in
>> how any of these websites are written.
>
> OK, you did not make that clear at all.
>
>>>> By font characteristics I mean typeface name, point size, foreground
>>>> color, background color, bold, underline, et cetera.
>>>
>>> Forget about 'point size'. Points are for printing. Use percentages
>>> for font sizing (discussed almost daily in these groups). Don't use
>>> pixels, either, for the oft-stated reasons.
>>
>> I must know the point size. Imagine that I am writing a browser, and
>> must display any webpage.
>
> Then, as I see it, you are doomed before you start. What will your
> parser do when it comes to a site - with no HTML presentation - that has
> "font-size: smaller" in the CSS file? The actual size of the appearance
> of the text in my browser is entirely dependant on my local settings.

It will do whatever the browser does, the browser must ultimately determine a
point size, so by whatever means the browser uses, I must also use.

>
> Points are still for printing.
>
> --
> -bts
> -Warning: I brake for lawn deer

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