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From: William Lawrence
Date: Oct 12, 2010 8:24AM

No pixel is an island.

The rule of thumb I used to follow was to set base font with one unit
and use another in the cascade, e.g. % or EM on the BODY and/or HTML
selector, and then pixels everywhere else, or verse vices.

Although pixels are absolute, they are relative.

Further reading: http://www.alistapart.com/articles/howtosizetextincss/

Cheers!
William



On Sat, Oct 9, 2010 at 1:03 PM, Donna Jones < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
> hi everyone:  what's the latest for using pixels to size text.  i'm
> doing some work for someone and she wants me to use pixels and i really
> feel adverse to it - rather use "em" or "%".  the only downside i can
> see is that the font size can't be increased using IE (but most people
> would use zoom anyway).
>
> i "think" that pixels have been redeemed lately regarding accessibility,
> but i don't know the details.  any information, or links, appreciated.
>
> best
> Donna Jones
>