Absolute and relative font sizes; was RE: Response to comments

[Tony Barry]

At 6:16 PM 1998/05/18, Robert Rasmussen wrote:
>What is NOT possible in HTML, up until CSS, is PRECISE control of font size -
>making certain text display at 12 point (just like TV programmers can't make
>your TV produce exactly 65 decibels).

I hope that is never the case. As a reader _I_ want to control the font
size and face that I read not what some designer thinks looks "good" to
them. As my eyesight declines this will become of increasing importance to
me.

I understand due to some representations made from the Sunrise Labs in
Australia that the standard will be to allow for the reader to override
whatever style that is specified in the document. This is to be applauded.

Tony


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