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Posted by Don Li on April 16, 2008, 9:58 am
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I've tried
<body style="font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica;font-size:0.8em;">
or
<body style="font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica;font-size:11pct;">
or
<body style="font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica;font-size:80%;">
to no avail. In IE7 it shows up as Medium. What did I do wrong?
Thanks.
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Posted by Harlan Messinger on April 16, 2008, 10:44 am
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Don Li wrote:
> I've tried
> <body style="font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica;font-size:0.8em;">
> or
> <body style="font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica;font-size:11pct;">
> or
> <body style="font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica;font-size:80%;">
> to no avail. In IE7 it shows up as Medium. What did I do wrong?
>
> Thanks.
?? Setting the font size in the document doesn't change the IE
*setting*, it changes the sizes of the fonts *relative* to that setting
(assuming you're using relative units like % or em).
Anyway, why are you trying to set the primary font of your page to a
size that's smaller than the user finds convenient to read?
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Posted by Don Li on April 16, 2008, 11:03 am
Please log in for more thread options On Apr 16, 10:44=A0am, Harlan Messinger
> Don Li wrote:
> > I've tried
> > <body style=3D"font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica;font-size:0.8em;">
> > or
> > <body style=3D"font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica;font-size:11pct;">
> > or
> > <body style=3D"font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica;font-size:80%;">
> > to no avail. =A0In IE7 it shows up as Medium. =A0What did I do wrong?
>
> > Thanks.
>
> ?? Setting the font size in the document doesn't change the IE
> *setting*, it changes the sizes of the fonts *relative* to that setting
> (assuming you're using relative units like % or em).
>
> Anyway, why are you trying to set the primary font of your page to a
> size that's smaller than the user finds convenient to read?
Would like to get key points of WHAT, For WHOM, WHY and HOW across on
one screen (about 80% of a full screen) without scrolling.
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Posted by Jonathan N. Little on April 16, 2008, 11:25 am
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> Would like to get key points of WHAT, For WHOM, WHY and HOW across on
> one screen (about 80% of a full screen) without scrolling.
Whose screen? You will have no idea what your visitor's screen size will
be. They could be using one of the iPhones! Also screen size != browser
window size, not *everyone* runs a browser maximized. I rarely do. Time
to rethink your design.
--
Take care,
Jonathan
-------------------
LITTLE WORKS STUDIO
http://www.LittleWorksStudio.com
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Posted by Harlan Messinger on April 16, 2008, 11:45 am
Please log in for more thread options Don Li wrote:
> On Apr 16, 10:44 am, Harlan Messinger
>> Don Li wrote:
>>> I've tried
>>> <body style="font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica;font-size:0.8em;">
>>> or
>>> <body style="font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica;font-size:11pct;">
>>> or
>>> <body style="font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica;font-size:80%;">
>>> to no avail. In IE7 it shows up as Medium. What did I do wrong?
>>> Thanks.
>> ?? Setting the font size in the document doesn't change the IE
>> *setting*, it changes the sizes of the fonts *relative* to that setting
>> (assuming you're using relative units like % or em).
>>
>> Anyway, why are you trying to set the primary font of your page to a
>> size that's smaller than the user finds convenient to read?
>
> Would like to get key points of WHAT, For WHOM, WHY and HOW across on
> one screen (about 80% of a full screen) without scrolling.
Why? (Honestly, I'm often baffled by the criteria people trying to set
up a web page invent for themselves, especially when they produce
undesirable results, such as here where the result will be that people
find the page less comfortable to read.) How do you know how large any
given user's screen is? What makes you think they have their browser
opened to the full size of their screen anyway? I have a large,
high-resolution screen, and it would normally be ridiculous for me to
maximize my browser--I have no need for a document to be that wide. Yet
these days there are web designers who seem to think they need to have
800-pixel-wide graphics and six columns of text across the page, so that
I either have to scroll to the right (which, unlike scrolling down,
isn't part of the normal web experience) or expand my browser against my
preferences, so that I can only see the browser and can't see anything
else I have on my desktop.
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