Re: font size

by "Captain F.M. O'Lary" <ctfuzzy(at)canopy.net>

 Date:  Mon, 04 Jun 2001 11:52:45 -0400
 To:  "Cook,
Shelby" <scook(at)equibase.com>,
hwg-basics(at)mail.hwg.org
 In-Reply-To: 
  todo: View Thread, Original
Hi Shelby,

Using MSIE 5.X under WIN 98 SE, all I see is gibberish about four screens wide.

try going to http://validator.w3.org

and submitting the page. Judging by your description, and my experience,
something a little bigger than "pixel VS point size" is going on here.

Fuzzy.


At 09:25 AM 6/4/01 , Cook, Shelby wrote:
>Help!  I have a site here: http://www.ntra.com that I've gotten a couple of
>complaints about the font size either being illegible (in Netscape)
>especially on the menu bar on the left or changing font size on the
>"Breeding Edge" page.  I've used specific font sizing (size 2 Arial,
>Helvetica) for specific areas and the default for the BODY is 8pt Arial.
>The font is small on the menu in NN but not illegible.  I have been unable
>to reproduce the problems they are describing, though the complaint of the
>very small font came from a MAC user which I don't have access to.  I did
>have another complaint that I was able to reproduce by changing my IE
>default font from "middle" to "smallest" at which time the errors showed up
>but it's not this time.  Am I missing something?  Can anyone else see these
>errors?
>TIA,
>Shelby Cook 

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