Re: CSS Font Sizes and Macs

>Many of our clients have been pleased with a standard .8em size on PCs,
but
>apparently this is not a workable combination on Mac in some cases, as .8
>appears tiny and .7 (an acceptable footer size on the PC) is an
>incomprehensible scribble.

hi darrell

no advice, sorry, and hardly an insight, more of an observation, really...

what you're saying is that you have some copy that you want to be only
seven-tenths the size of your normal copy

and that this tiny copy is acceptable on a PC but not on a Mac

and the problem is related to its small size (i don't hear web designers
ranting that people can't read their copy that's at 1em)

now i gotta ask, why do some web sites have some copy that is a lot smaller
than the rest of the page?  because they don't care if people read it or
not

like copyright notices, legal disclaimers, their helpline number...

my advice, if any, is to make sure that anything you put into this tiny
type, which will be rendered incomprehensible on the Mac, had better not be
something you want your web site visitors to read

if it is, then maybe you should rethink where and why you're using .7em

that's my insight, i know it doesn't fix your immediate problem, but there
ya go


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doctor: "don't do that"



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