Posted by Chris F.A. Johnson on 11/07/07 16:02

On 2007-11-07, Ed Jensen wrote:
>
>
> Chris F.A. Johnson <cfajohnson@gmail.com> wrote:
>> The tiny font problem has nothing to do with CSS; it is the fault
>> of the developer who specified ridiculously small fonts. The
>> problem predates CSS, when it was common to see <font size=-1> (or
>> even -2) to use smaller fonts.
>>
>> Small fonts are just as often used with table layouts as with CSS.
>
> Small fonts aren't a problem in Firefox (my browser of choice). I
> just increase the text size until the text is a comfortable size for
> reading.

With a well-designed site, you don't have to do that.

(Besides, with Firefox, you needn't do that, either; just set a
minimum font size.)

> The problem is web sites that render incorrectly after the font size
> is increased.

That is bad coding; there is no need for that to happen.

> I'm not trying to start a "table based layouts" vs. "CSS based
> layouts" war here, I'm just sharing my personal experience: Web sites
> designed with table based layouts seem to handle it reasonably well
> when I increase the text size. Web sites designed with CSS based
> layouts seem to rarely handle it gracefully. YMMV.

That is not a function of tables versus CSS; it's a matter of good
coding versus bad coding.

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Chris F.A. Johnson, webmaster <http://Woodbine-Gerrard.com>
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