Fwd: Re: font size

>Date: Mon, 25 Jun 2001 22:33:55 -0500
>To: "rudy" <r937(at)interlog.com>
>From: Tamara <tamara(at)abbeyink.com>
>Subject: Re: font size
>
>At 03:40 PM 6/25/2001 -0400, you wrote:
>>any time you ask for "best" you're asking for a subjective opinion as to
>>the relative weights of the pros and cons associated with each way of doing
>>it
>>
>>my personal opinion, please don't flame me, is that the best way to specify
>>font size is not to specify font size at all
>
>Unless you run across someone who managed to set his default font to 
>something like 36 pixels and wants to know why the site you so carefully 
>crafted keeps falling off the edges.
>
>I started setting font sizes after that experience and yes, I know, I'm 
>interfering with the user's choice and preference.
>
>So, poke around this site -- my connection is acting strange tonight, so 
>go to: http://developer.apple.com/internet/_html/doctype.html and then 
>click font. It's a great site for visually demonstrating the differences 
>in font rendering between browsers AND platforms.
>
>Also -- point is a type measurement. Took forever for me to stop using it. 
>But, monitors display in pixels.
>
>FWIW,
><tamara />

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