[WEB4LIB] Re: style switcher

[Thomas Dowling]

At 05:13 PM 7/17/2002, Nancy Sosna Bohm wrote:
>Kevin,
>I tried using  the link/import bug first, but ran into the issue of Netscape
>on PC displaying larger fonts than IE on PC, and the reverse on Mac. Do you
>code for Mac? If yes, how do you allow for that discrepancy when using the
>@import for IE and link rel for NS?

Different users' fonts probably also display larger on a 19" monitor than 
on a 17" monitor, or when the operating system calculates 80ppi than when 
it calculates 100ppi, or when their browser enforces a minimum font size of 
9pt instead of 8pt...

What purpose is served by trying to exert such rigid control over the 
user's font size?  Assume that the default is a comfortable reading size 
for the user, and if you want to suggest larger and smaller sizes in 
specific contexts, stick to a range of about 85% to 120%.  Say out loud, 
"I'm going to set my users' default font size to either 'small' or 'extra 
small' and the most commonly used browser won't let them change it," and 
see how it sounds.


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