Posted by Geoff Berrow on 06/18/06 23:36

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Visionary contained the following:

>> Most people don't complain or give you feedback. They just go
>> elsewhere. People who complain should be treasured, they are helping
>> you improve. From an accessibility point of view you need to start
>> with the proper structure, content first, then html markup, then style.
>> A high contrast style sheet is a fine idea, but not absolutely
>> necessary. what you should not do is take choice away from the user,
>> such as by trying to fix font sizes.
>
>I totally agree. I don't remember using a fixed-font size though, I
>just went to the site and changed the font size via the browser menu,
>as well as CTRL+Mousewheel just fine. Or were you meaning something
>else?
With what browser? In IE, they are fixed. See for yourself, this is
from your CSS
..newsArticle{
color: #B5B5B5;
font-size: 11px;
font-family: Arial, Verdana;
}

..newsDetails{
color: #897600;
font-size: 11px;
font-weight: bold;
font-family: Arial, Verdana;
}

..tutorialText{
color: #A8A8A8;
font-size: 11px;
font-weight: bold;
font-family: Arial, Verdana;
}

I can't see many systems not having Arial, but having Verdana. Unless
maybe the system you are developing doesn't have Arial, which is why you
have sized the fonts so small. Verdana is a large face.

The family should also look like this for proper graceful degradation:
font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif;
Though personally I'd go for something like
font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;

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