[WEB4LIB] Re: Pixel sizes for web pages

[Thomas Dowling]

----- Original Message -----
From: Michael Sauers <msauers at bcr.org>
To: Multiple recipients of list <web4lib at webjunction.org>
Sent: Monday, August 23, 1999 1:10 PM
Subject: [WEB4LIB] Re: Pixel sizes for web pages


> > It IS possible, in web page design using Cascading Style Sheets,
> > to specify
> > explicit point sizes for text, but this is considered bad form.
>
> First, I've heard this is bad form... Why?
>

The default font size a user sets for his or her browser may be anywhere
in a wide range of point sizes, for reasons ranging from vision problems
to late afternoon eye fatigue to plain old personal preference.  ".big
{font-size: 125%}" will always make sense; ".big {font-size: 14pt}" won't.


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