Re: font size and IE5

Janet,

first, NN and MSIE render spaces differently, so *any* space (whether
containing a character or not) could (and usually does) render differently
between the two browsers.

Second, save yourself some headaches: Font sizes are set by the viewer on
their local machine(s). What 'we' put in HTML documents is nothing more
than a "suggestion" to the browser software.

HTH,
Fuzzy.



>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Janet Burgess" <burgessj(at)post.queensu.ca>
>To: <hwg-basics(at)hwg.org>
>Sent: Sunday, May 20, 2001 6:32 PM
>Subject: font size and IE5
>
>
>> Hello everyone,
>> Could someone explain to me why the width of a table shows up differently
>> in IE5 than it does in IE4 or Netscape 4.5.
>>
>> My home page has a jpeg with a table under it and the width for both is
>> 620.  In IE5 the table extends out past the width of the jpeg but it lines
>> up ok in Netscape and earlier versions of IE.
>>
>> If I change the size of the table font  from 3 to 2 then everything lines
>> up in IE5 but the font looks too small in Netscape.
>>
>> The web address where the font size is set at 2 is
>> http://www.cogeco.net/~jbaynger/index.htm
>>
>> and the address where the font is set to 3 is
>> http://www.KingstonRealEstateForSale.ca
>>
>> Any advice would be appreciated.
>> Thanks,
>> Janet

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