Posted by Chris F.A. Johnson on 11/06/07 22:20

On 2007-11-06, 1001 Webs wrote:
> On Nov 6, 10:01 pm, "Chris F.A. Johnson" <cfajohn...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> On 2007-11-06, 1001 Webs wrote:
>> > 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.
>>
>> > 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
>>
>> > 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.

No, you don't.

> What's your advice?

Don't use anything; it's unnecessary.

> I tried with percentages and didn't look right, but I wasn't taking
> into account inheritance ...

URL?

> Many people recommends percentages for html/body as a "global" setting
> and then using ems from then on.

The biggest mistake in CSS is specifying too much.

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