[WEB4LIB] Re: font sins-CSS

[Mcclendon, Sunny]

Hi all,
Thomas mentioned the font size sin, which prompts me to ask you about font sizes in CSS. I've always designed using the <FONT SIZE +1> tag so headings and the like will be "bigger" relative to the user's default preferences.  I'm getting some pressure to go to CSS and quit using the relative <font size -1> tags, partly because that tag is deprecated.  However, I don't believe the absolute values are "better". 

-Sunny McClendon
CNN Library Webmaster
 
-----Original Message-----
From: Thomas Dowling [mailto:tdowling at ohiolink.edu]
Sent: Monday, August 27, 2001 2:29 PM
To: Multiple recipients of list
Subject: [WEB4LIB] Re: sans serif



LJ is committing two font-related sins.  First, they specify absolute
point sizes.  Second, they use a lot of Verdana as a text font.  IMO,
Verdana's x-height is so big that it multi-line blocks become unreadable
unless the line-height is increased.

Neither of these problems is inherent in using sans-serif fonts.

Thomas Dowling
OhioLINK - Ohio Library and Information Network
tdowling at ohiolink.edu




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