Re: CSS Font Sizes and Macs

by "Jeanne A. E. DeVoto" <jaed(at)jaedworks.com>

 Date:  Sat, 23 Sep 2000 18:02:06 -0700
 To:  <hwg-techniques(at)hwg.org>
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At 4:46 AM -0700 9/23/00, Darrell King wrote:
>I can think of only two possiblities so far that service all crowds:
>
>1) Use a scripting language to determine browser/OS combinations and deliver
>the style sheet accordingly.
>
>2) (untested except in IE5.5 on Windows) Set the basic font for the page in
>the body description using pixels, and then use the variable ems to control
>the subsequent displays within that document.

How about 3) Using <big> and <small> in your HTML to influence font size,
while leaving the rest of your presentation in CSS?

It's not a CSS solution, true, but it does have the virtue of working.

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