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Re: printable pages and text sizing

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From: Holly Marie
Date: Mar 10, 2002 10:11AM


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From: "Holly Marie"

> > Hi
> > I'm involved in discussion about printable pages using css and one
of
> > the guys there uses points for the text units when he does this.
> >
> > That doesn't seem particularly thoughtful to me as I would expect
the
> > printed page to reflect what I had on screen. ie. if I had the text
up
> > large on screen I'd rather expect it to print that way.
> >
> > Just wondered what the groups views and experiences might be as I've
> not
> > really done this myself?
> >
>
>
> I believe you have a point about pt use here.
>
> I wonder if a better option than the @media print, which does not work
> with many browsers, wpuld be to have a link for print version? This
way
> a user that may have experienced printing a document with that type of
> link, may be aware that he or she is about to get a universal printed
> copy with text that might be standard to a normal population. These
> users could instead opt to print from a browser view?
>
> Good point, Nick, and one I had not really thought about here.

I looked at webaim.org for the way they approached the print option and
I like the solution.
I have looked all over the net for this information and keep running
into dead ends.
If you click on the printer option on the front page, it loads a new
page. It has its own css for print. This CSS does not size fonts in PTs
at all and leaves it not only relative but up to the browser settings
for print or user choice.

I believe this, so far, is the best option I have seen out there.

here is the complete style sheet code for the printer version for the
home page

body {

background: #ffffff;
font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;
color: #000000;
}

#legalities {
font-size: 0.8em;
}

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This leaves it in the choice and settings the user has picked, strips
the color out, and only sizes the copyright or other info down to 0.8em,
which remember is 0.8em, of the user choice.

holly



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