Posted by John L. on 11/07/07 18:32

Chris F.A. Johnson wrote:
> 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.

Unnecessary? Can you imagine the response most web developers would get
if they produced a site for a client with no font size set in the CSS
and then said, "I know the PSD file you sent me had a nine point font
but if you want that, you need to reduce your browser's default font size."?

The reality is that most people want their website to use small
sans-serif fonts because they see it on slick corporate sites and think
it equates to coolness.

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