Posted by 1001 Webs on 11/06/07 21:44

On Nov 6, 10:01 pm, "Chris F.A. Johnson" <cfajohn...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 2007-11-06, 1001 Webs wrote:
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> > On Nov 6, 8:50 pm, "Chris F.A. Johnson" <cfajohn...@gmail.com> wrote:
> ...
> >> It is not hard to do the right thing with CSS. It is, perhaps, too
> >> easy to do the wrong thing.
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> > That's the problem as I see it too.
> > For example. there are too many options just to assign font-size.
> > Why, in the name of God don't they stick to percentages or whatever?
> > , but c'mmon this is just absurd
> > Or a conspiracy ...
> > BTW, right now I am rewriting my style sheet with font-size: small;
> > etc., but I'm not that sure it will render well I I
>
> > have copied it from w3.org's front page:
> >http://www.w3.org
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> > I can't go wrong that way, right?
>
> Right, if you use it the way they do, which means not for regular
> text. They use it only for things such as copyright notices and
> legalese.

I have to settle for something.
What's your advice?
I tried with percentages and didn't look right, but I wasn't taking
into account inheritance ...
Many people recommends percentages for html/body as a "global" setting
and then using ems from then on.

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