Posted by Animesh K on 06/07/07 19:09

Adrienne Boswell wrote:
> Why is it that IT web sites seem to always use the smallest font
> possible? I went to one today and had to sign up to view an article.
> All the input boxes had tiny text. This was a Windows IT site, so
> probably they think that only IE people are using it, and those poor
> people can't adjust px text sizes. Thank goodness I use Opera.
>
> Rant over. Thanks, I feel better.
>
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> Please respond to the group so others can share
>

I use 1 em (12pt or 16pt?) font size on my webpages. Hardly needs
re-scaling.

Most people use smaller font-sizes to pack more text in the visible
window. Works for sites where you don't actually have to read :)

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