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Re: IE doesn't increase font-size in px

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From: Angela French
Date: Apr 11, 2013 1:56PM

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>So he always uses text zoom only so that nothing else on the page gets bigger
>-- the page does not get wider. The text gets bigger and enlarges its
>containers vertically, not horizontally. This causes the text to wrap more, but it
>at least always stay in view.
>
>Of course, he runs into numerous problems with this when web designers use
>fixed container sizes and fonts specified in pixels. Almost every site I've tried
>this on breaks when the text size gets too large. His dream is to get pages to
>become more liquid so that the text flows more logically when it is increased.
>
>David Ashleydale
>

I'm doing some accessibility testing on a new web app and Zooming works really well in used on site designed using responsive design techniques.

Angela French