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Re: Insights on Text Resizing

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From: Marco Maertens
Date: Nov 18, 2010 1:33PM

Hi,

I'm not sure that testing both text zoom and page zoom is necessary. Since page zooming is the equivalent of using screen magnification, there shouldn't be an effect on the overall functionality (I know, I know, "shouldn't").

I think the intent and the far bigger concern is when text is zoomed, but everything else stays the same. Here, Firefox's Zoom Text Only -- as mentioned by Dawn -- is very helpful. Is there "overflow: hidden" that truncates text? Were heights or widths relying on default rendering sizes of text such that the layout is inoperably altered?

-Marco.

Marco Maertens
Web Developer and Accessibility Specialist
Empathy Lab
610-572-2371