Re: CSS Font Sizes and Macs

by "Darrell King" <darrell(at)webctr.com>

 Date:  Tue, 19 Sep 2000 09:49:18 -0400
 To:  <hwg-techniques(at)hwg.org>
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This is, of course, one solution.  The only reason I am questioning it is
because it is because it prevents the reader from resizing fonts according
to their own personal comfort levels...

D

----- Original Message -----

>Any advice or insights from anyone who has faced this PC/Mac font issue?

Solution is simple: always use pixels as CSS units, never points, em's or
the other stuff. Pixels are the most reliable cross-browser, cross-OS units.

See also:

http://alistapart.zeldman.com/stories/fear4/

(now temporarily down, but it'll get back up sometime soon, I suppose)

ppk

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