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From: Christian Heilmann
Date: Jan 11, 2006 5:40AM

> > Let's not forget that a font resizing widget only comes into
> > consideration if your type is not big enough. So why not solve that
> > problem, it is so much easier.
>
> That isn't the case. Some people need a font far bigger than most of us
> would be comfortable with.

That still does not prove that there is a need for a font sizing
widget on your site, if anything it proves that you should leave it to
the browser to deal with that issue.

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