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Re: Font size - user control

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From: Keith Patton
Date: Sep 20, 2004 2:03AM

Hi,

http://diveintoaccessibility.org/day_26_using_relative_font_sizes.html

I really like this approach and have been using it for a while.

It uses font-size keywords which when combined with using percentages where
necessary to adjust makes for an effective approach in my opinion.

Keith


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From: tdw [mailto: <EMAIL REMOVED> ]
Sent: 20 September 2004 15:54
To: WebAIM Discussion List
Subject: Re: [WebAIM] Font size - user control


Hi,

I'm new to this list so if this has been answered before just skip over
it =)

It is best to avoid sizing fonts in px or pt text can't be resized in
IE/PC... that leaves em's and % available for sizing.

Images can use % as a unit size either through CSS or directly in the
tag, however this technique is best used width min and/or max
height and width in your CSS to prevent the image from becoming overly
pixellated in large browser windows. Min/max width/height is not
supported by IE/PC.

There are work around's for max/min width and height using MS's
expression property, but they depend on javascript support.


../tdw

On 20/9/04 3:17 PM, lisagoostrey wrote:
> Whenever you have to specify the size of ANYTHING, you should use %
> rather than fixed sizes (except for images, as they cannot utilize %
> sizes).

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