RE: AWARE-TECHNIQUES

by "John Foliot - Another 4:00 AM Web Thing" <foliot(at)fouram.com>

Date:	Wed, 23 Jan 2002 17:26:08 -0500
To:	"Jenny Toller" <jenny.toller(at)ntlworld.com>, <aware-techniques(at)hwg.org>
In-Reply-To:	jtaug99
	todo: View Thread, Original


>Oh, if only.....
>The truth is that ems don't work. Points - hopeless. The best way is not
>to set the font size at all. The trouble is that this results in larger
>settings (PC / IE) than desirable. Pixels work but are not scalable in
>IE (though they are in Opera and Netscape6).

You are of course right, they don't work _today_, so use percentiles then.
Try using 90% if you find the "default" is too large.  The point is, that
while _you_ may find it too large, my Dad might find it just right...
(hehe).  Scalable text degrades nicely... the user gets to decide, not the
developer.

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