Posted by Arne on 10/24/05 11:31

Once upon a time *Neredbojias* wrote:
>
> Poley's main argument is that Verdana is slightly larger than the
> average font at the same size-setting. So big deal. Maybe the author
> wants his/her font to be slightly larger for improved readability,
> which, indeed, the font provides.

So why not use Arial with 10-11px if size in pixels necessarily want
to be used, insted of Verdana 9px.


> Poley implies that authors are apt to specify a smaller css font-size
> setting to compensate for Verdana's largesse over, say, Arial. Gee
> whiz, if that's the only _mistake_ an author makes, he's doing quite
> well on the whole. Anything can be abused by improper usage.

Anything can be abused by improper usage, thank's to IE that allow
authors to "take over" the users browser in many ways. And is also
very happy to accept nasty scripts from e.g. ActiveX and VBscript that
a evil author put on the web. Fortunately other browsers can't be abused.

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