[WEB4LIB] CSS & changing font size

[TSmith2 at lcc.edu]

Hi all,

Bob's email reminded me of a question - does anyone know the coding you
would use in css stylesheets to allow the website visitor to change the
font size from within their own broswer?  (For example in plain html pages,
website visitors can click on 'view, text size, largest'  in IE to increase
the font.)
Our college has unfortunately chosen a not-very accessible solution of
creating a website template which has style sheet coding that does not
allow website visitors to change the tiny font size to something more
readable by the average human - not to mention older patrons & anyone with
less than 20-20 vision.
I have heard that the solution to this is quite simple - ie, just changing
a line on the style sheet - but I've not been able to track it down.

Cheers - Trixi

PS  Does anyone else have the challenging situation of being an
accessibility-focused library website which is part of a larger power-user/
flashy marketing - focused college website ?
..............................................
Trixi B Smith, Web Librarian
Room 201Q, LCC Library
Technology & Learning Center (TLC)
Lansing Community College
Lansing, MI  48901-7210
Mail Code: 1510
Office Phone: 517.483.1650
Email Address: tsmith2 at lcc.edu



                                                                                                                    
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The W3C has published:

* An XHTML 2.0 working draft: http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml2/
* A CSS 2 Revision 1 specification: http://www.w3.org/TR/CSS21/
* A tutorial on using CSS with HTML and XML:
http://www.w3.org/TR/CSS21/intro.html


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Bob Long, Eastern Shore Regional Library
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