Posted by William Gill on 10/02/07 14:11

Chris F.A. Johnson wrote:
> On 2007-09-28, William Gill wrote:
>> Chris F.A. Johnson wrote:
> If you set a height, it might not be enough to contain the text.
> If my default is large (as it is), then that text will need more
> lines.

My bad. I meant specific WIDTH in order to create the "insert" look,
allowing the height to adjust itself as needed.

> You don't know how big that text will appear on my screen. There's
> a good chance it will be too small for me to read.

Agreed, that is the inherent risk of graphics based text of any kind,
and a solid argument against them.

>> c) create a div that I treat like an image using pixels dimensions,
>> but without the bandwidth hit of the image?
>
> It will almost certainly be too small to contain the text at a
> comfortable viewing size (for me, and probably many others).
>

So if I treat the entire block (div) as an image, specifying text size,
div height and width all in pixels, I should be able to have the same
effect as a graphic without the overhead. Theoretically, it could work
just like a graphic, with the same limitations. Of course, those
limitations may render this as a particularly moot point.

Interestingly, there is a tangent to a thread in c.i.w.a.s (Re: Possible
to Change List Bullet Color?) that talks about using non-pixel
dimensions on images (i.e. em's), allowing the user font size controls
to work on the images. This can produce some good and bad effect.

I guess it's just the engineer in me that always wants to see "what
if...?" At eight, I "designed" my first radio by "adapting" the
instructions to the material I had available, and have been doing this
far to many years to just quit now. :-)

Unfortunately, accommodation for my particular disability is not as
direct as controlling text size. I often get so focused on the complex,
that I can miss the (otherwise) obvious.

Thanks for your patience.

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