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I have my project coded for an 8pt font on textboxes, buttons, labels and
datagrids. I read that it isn't a good idea to use "points" and that "em" or
eg. "x-small" should be used instead, due to the way different browsers
display text.

Is this true?
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Sandy
Nov 19 '05 #1
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Hello,

The only thing that I remember regarding this is that using 'em' in some
browsers allows the user to change the text size (in Internet Explorer for
example, using Text Size from the View menu).

Regards,
Andrei Pociu

"Sandy" <Sa***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:5C**********************************@microsof t.com...
I have my project coded for an 8pt font on textboxes, buttons, labels and
datagrids. I read that it isn't a good idea to use "points" and that "em"
or
eg. "x-small" should be used instead, due to the way different browsers
display text.

Is this true?
--
Sandy

Nov 19 '05 #2
Hi Andrei -

Thanks for responding. Have you in fact used an 8pt font where you did not
run into any problems? (Of course, I'm not referring to an intranet where
everyone has the same browsers.)

Sandy

"Andrei Pociu" wrote:
Hello,

The only thing that I remember regarding this is that using 'em' in some
browsers allows the user to change the text size (in Internet Explorer for
example, using Text Size from the View menu).

Regards,
Andrei Pociu

"Sandy" <Sa***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:5C**********************************@microsof t.com...
I have my project coded for an 8pt font on textboxes, buttons, labels and
datagrids. I read that it isn't a good idea to use "points" and that "em"
or
eg. "x-small" should be used instead, due to the way different browsers
display text.

Is this true?
--
Sandy


Nov 19 '05 #3

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