Posted by Chris F.A. Johnson on 10/02/07 15:13

On 2007-10-02, William Gill wrote:
>
>>> 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.

If you specify the text size in px, it may be be too small for me
to read (just as with a graphic), or my browser may increase the
size so that it overflows the container and I may not be able to
read it (or any other text that it overwrites).

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Chris F.A. Johnson <http://cfaj.freeshell.org>
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