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Posted by Harlan Messinger on April 16, 2008, 1:50 pm
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Don Li wrote:
> On Apr 16, 11:51 am, Harlan Messinger
>> Don Li wrote:
>>> On Apr 16, 11:15 am, "Beauregard T. Shagnasty"
>>>> Don Li wrote:
>>>>> I've tried
>>>> Please read this:http://tekrider.net/html/fontsize.php
>>>>> .. What did I do wrong?
>>>> You decided to pick a size which would make many visitors (including me)
>>>> squint at the monitor. If 100% is too large for your own taste, decrease
>>>> your own browser's default size. But leave it adequate for me.
>>>> I expect your post was just a test. Normally you would move the styling
>>>> to your CSS style sheet.
>>>> --
>>>> -bts
>>>> -Friends don't let friends drive Vista
>>> People. Please consider the following factors:
>>> a) the majority of my users are likely not knowing how to set font
>>> size with their browser and I don't intend to provide instruction on
>>> that (once again, they are not you, not tech savvy);
>
>> Your reasoning is backwards. If you think your users will be unable to
>> change the size of their text, then that's exactly why you *shouldn't*
>> make it too small for some of them to read. Some people *need* the type
>> to be at least normal size. Nobody needs it *smaller*.
>
> You're confused with my follow-up note, "not likely to know to how to
> change font size" is not equal to "will be unable to
> change the size of their text".
What do you think the text consists of besides characters in a font
whose size is determined by the font size?
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