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How to set default font size to small for a page's body? Don Li 04-16-2008
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Posted by Harlan Messinger on April 16, 2008, 1:52 pm
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Don Li wrote:
> On Apr 16, 12:42 pm, "Beauregard T. Shagnasty"
>> Don Li wrote:
>>> 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".
>> Whether or not your visitors know how to change the font size in their
>> browsers is no reason for you to penalize those who don't.
>>
>> Think flexible. The Web is not paper. And we do not have your eyes.
>>
>>> Just answer the question if you are able to, like yes, one can set a
>>> default font size to this or that for a page, here's how, no, you
>>> can't.
>> Sure you can. Set it for 100%.
>>
>
> Why setting it to 85% or 80% is not working for IE7?

Originally by "not working" you explained that you meant that the IE
setting remained Medium, and I already told you that of course the
setting will remain Medium, that's not what setting the font size in CSS
does. So if that's still what you mean by "not working" then the answer
is still, "That's not what it's *supposed* to do."

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?

Posted by Bergamot on April 16, 2008, 1:21 pm
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Don Li wrote:
> On Apr 16, 11:15 am, "Beauregard T. Shagnasty"
>>
>> Please read this:http://tekrider.net/html/fontsize.php
>
> People. Please consider the following factors:

Gee, do you think you're the first person ever to come up against this?
The subject of font sizes and Verdana has been discussed a nauseating
number of times.

Whatever excuses you come up with that rationalize your decision to use
Verdana at a reduced size for body text ain't gonna fly here.

--
Berg

Posted by Chris F.A. Johnson on April 17, 2008, 7:52 pm
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On 2008-04-16, 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.
>
> 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);
> b) the 'small' font size looks good (not the default 100% size) for
> the home page (feedback from beta users).

Then you need a wider selection of beta users.

--
Chris F.A. Johnson <http://cfaj.freeshell.org>
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Posted by David E. Ross on April 16, 2008, 3:00 pm
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On 4/16/2008 6:58 AM, 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.

Whatever you do, I will use my Font- and Font+ buttons to set the size
to something I can read, thus undoing whatever you have done to set the
size of your body font.

As others have indicated, you should leave the body of your page at the
font size each user has already set in his or her browser preferences.
Then set titles, footnotes, and other non-body text at sizes larger or
smaller relative to the body font.

--
David Ross
<http://www.rossde.com/>

Have you been using Netscape and now feel abandoned by AOL?
Then use SeaMonkey. Go to <http://www.seamonkey-project.org/>.

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