Posted by PeterMcC on 10/23/05 20:21

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> "PeterMcC" <peter@mccourt.org.uk> wrote in message
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>> Helen wrote in
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>>> It's ok, I got it sorted. Instead of the <font size=1> you put <font
>>> style="font-size:9px"> - which seems to be working.
>>
>> That means that anyone who has difficulty reading 9px on a hi-res
>> screen, like myself, can't resize it in IE - usually not considered
>> to be a good idea.

> It's the only way I can get the text to be the same in both FireFox
> and IE without having to keep changing the size of the text in
> firefox, which also then means that i'll have to change it when I go
> to another site, something that is a major pain in the arse and why I
> have some sites open only in IE. I'm using the Veranda font so I
> think that is also making the text a bit bigger in FireFox too.

It seems to me, though you may see it otherwise, that the biggest pain is
that people won't be able to read your text.

Verdana is a poor choice as well, I'm afraid.
http://www.xs4all.nl/~sbpoley/webmatters/verdana.html

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