Posted by Beauregard T. Shagnasty on 10/25/07 12:01

rf wrote:

> dorayme, you should mention *before* citing the following URL that the
> advice contained therein is bad advice and totally outdated.
>
>> hXXp://www.basictips.com/which-font-size-px-pt-em.shtml

I was thinking the same thing. <g>

It says, "Using a pt or em font-size property instead of px allows for
your site text to be resized according to the viewer's system settings."

Whoohoo. Great for all the folks with perfect vision.

It goes on, "If their system is set to view very large text, your web
site's layout will become distorted and your web site may be illegible
to them."

Not if you use ems or percentages, and layout your page correctly...

>> I mention it because there is a lot of bad advice about. OP
>> should not be fooled in researches.

Oh, she did say so, but 'after the fact.'

>> Here is some more sensible stuff:
>>
>> http://k75s.home.att.net/fontsize.html
>
> Agreed.

Thenk yew.

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-bts
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