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From: Greg Gamble
Date: Nov 13, 2012 11:40AM

Could overflow be set to scroll?

Greg Gamble
SBCTC - Olympia | Information Services
p - 360-704-4376
... think before printing


-----Original Message-----
From: <EMAIL REMOVED> [mailto: <EMAIL REMOVED> ] On Behalf Of David Ashleydale
Sent: Tuesday, November 13, 2012 9:33 AM
To: WebAIM Discussion List
Subject: Re: [WebAIM] Increase Font Size vs. Zoom

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I ran this by one developer already and he said he thinks it's almost
impossible to do. He pointed to a page that has a restricted container size
that is based on the size of the image it's next to. He said that if
someone increases the font size only, the only way for the text to be
readable is if its container also grows, but it can't grow without wrecking
the entire page. ....
David


On Thu, Nov 8, 2012 at 3:36 PM, Jared Smith < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:

> On Thu, Nov 8, 2012 at 3:50 PM, David Ashleydale wrote:
> > Thanks, Jared. Do you happen to know what percentage IE's View - Text
> Size
> > - Largest is equivalent to?
>
> Here's what I found in some quick testing...
>
> IE9 (View... Text size):
> Larger = 115%
> Largest = 132%
>
> Firefox (using CTL + or Command + to Zoom Text Only):
> 1 increase = 110%
> 2 increases = 120%
> 3 increases = 133%
> 4 increases = 150%
> 5 increases = 170%
> 6 increases = 200%
>
> Safari:
> 1 increase = 119%
> 2 increases = 144%
> 3 increases = 175%
> 4 increases = 206%
>
> Chrome (Settings... Show advanced settings... Font size):
> Large = 125%
> Very Large = 150%
>
> You'll find that even 150% can be very difficult on some sites. A
> lower value may be more reasonable in many cases.
>
> Jared
> > > >