Hi guys
What's the best way to specify font size using CSS? I try to avoid
absolute units like pt and px because then users can't resize the fonts
in IE, but % and em are a complete pain to use IMO. I read somewhere (a
W3C tip I think) that the best way is to specify a "base" size and then
have all your fonts relative that, but I'm not sure how that works.
TIA
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JD wrote: Hi guys
What's the best way to specify font size using CSS? I try to avoid
absolute units like pt and px because then users can't resize the fonts
in IE, but % and em are a complete pain to use IMO. I read somewhere (a
W3C tip I think) that the best way is to specify a "base" size and then
have all your fonts relative that, but I'm not sure how that works.
What's the pain in using %?
Just set 100% for <body> (the "base" size), and then use other
percentages like 85% for small print and 120% for headings, etc.
Those are indeed relative to the percentage set for the <body>.
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JD wrote: What's the best way to specify font size using CSS? I try to avoid
absolute units like pt and px because then users can't resize the
fonts in IE, but % and em are a complete pain to use IMO. I read
somewhere (a W3C tip I think) that the best way is to specify a
"base" size and then have all your fonts relative that, but I'm not
sure how that works.
body { font-size: 100%; }
h1 {font-size: 160%; } /* set hx as appropriate */
h2 {font-size: 140%; }
h3 {font-size: 125%; }
..legalese {font-size: 85%; }
Not much of a pain. <g> If your site fails with these kinds of
settings, something else is wrong.
Oh, in future for CSS questions, use
comp.infosystem s. www.authoring.stylesheets
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On Sun, 11 Dec 2005 18:45:28 +0000, JD <us**@example.n et> wrote: What's the best way to specify font size using CSS?
I use %, personally. The problem is that users' needs vary so much,
trying to control the size of the text is a pointless endeavor. In the
end, the user is most accustomed to the default font size (100%), and
if they need to change it, they can, through the browser.
If I may, I think one of the pitfalls in web design is trying to get
everything perfect. Graceful degradation is the best we can shoot for.
Ian
-- http://www.bookstacks.org/
__/ [Els] on Sunday 11 December 2005 18:54 \__ JD wrote:
Hi guys
What's the best way to specify font size using CSS? I try to avoid
absolute units like pt and px because then users can't resize the fonts
in IE, but % and em are a complete pain to use IMO. I read somewhere (a
W3C tip I think) that the best way is to specify a "base" size and then
have all your fonts relative that, but I'm not sure how that works.
What's the pain in using %?
Just set 100% for <body> (the "base" size), and then use other
percentages like 85% for small print and 120% for headings, etc.
Those are indeed relative to the percentage set for the <body>.
Overall, this probably depends on the page in question. There are cases where
the font size should be relative to the screen/window size. In such
circumstances, 'em' should be used. It takes an example to give a proper
answer, in my humble opinion.
Roy
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7:00am up 1 day 14:08, 18 users, load average: 0.50, 0.63, 0.57
Roy Schestowitz wrote: __/ [Els] on Sunday 11 December 2005 18:54 \__
JD wrote:
Hi guys
What's the best way to specify font size using CSS? I try to avoid
absolute units like pt and px because then users can't resize the fonts
in IE, but % and em are a complete pain to use IMO. I read somewhere (a
W3C tip I think) that the best way is to specify a "base" size and then
have all your fonts relative that, but I'm not sure how that works.
What's the pain in using %?
Just set 100% for <body> (the "base" size), and then use other
percentages like 85% for small print and 120% for headings, etc.
Those are indeed relative to the percentage set for the <body>.
Overall, this probably depends on the page in question. There are cases where
the font size should be relative to the screen/window size. In such
circumstances, 'em' should be used. It takes an example to give a proper
answer, in my humble opinion.
It also takes an example to explain how 'em' is relative to
screen/window size and % isn't.
--
Els http://locusmeus.com/
Sonhos vem. Sonhos vão. O resto é imperfeito.
- Renato Russo -
Now playing: La Bouche - Be My Lover
__/ [Els] on Monday 12 December 2005 07:27 \__ Roy Schestowitz wrote:
__/ [Els] on Sunday 11 December 2005 18:54 \__
JD wrote:
Hi guys
What's the best way to specify font size using CSS? I try to avoid
absolute units like pt and px because then users can't resize the fonts
in IE, but % and em are a complete pain to use IMO. I read somewhere (a
W3C tip I think) that the best way is to specify a "base" size and then
have all your fonts relative that, but I'm not sure how that works.
What's the pain in using %?
Just set 100% for <body> (the "base" size), and then use other
percentages like 85% for small print and 120% for headings, etc.
Those are indeed relative to the percentage set for the <body>.
Overall, this probably depends on the page in question. There are cases
where the font size should be relative to the screen/window size. In such
circumstances, 'em' should be used. It takes an example to give a proper
answer, in my humble opinion.
It also takes an example to explain how 'em' is relative to
screen/window size and % isn't.
I believe that this argument will be meaningless to development which is
Internet Explorer-centric: http://archivist.incutio.com/viewlist/css-discuss/1439
As far as I can gather, em gives a great deal of power. I have just tried
some pages of mine under Opera (which I know you advocate) to reveal some
unpleasant interpretations of the source. Overall, Opera at its present
seems excellent so I am glad I took your word.
Roy
Roy Schestowitz wrote: __/ [Els] on Monday 12 December 2005 07:27 \__ Roy Schestowitz wrote: __/ [Els] on Sunday 11 December 2005 18:54 \__
JD wrote:
> What's the best way to specify font size using CSS? I try to avoid
> absolute units like pt and px because then users can't resize the fonts
> in IE, but % and em are a complete pain to use IMO. I read somewhere (a
> W3C tip I think) that the best way is to specify a "base" size and then
> have all your fonts relative that, but I'm not sure how that works.
What's the pain in using %?
Just set 100% for <body> (the "base" size), and then use other
percentages like 85% for small print and 120% for headings, etc.
Those are indeed relative to the percentage set for the <body>.
Overall, this probably depends on the page in question. There are cases
where the font size should be relative to the screen/window size. In such
circumstances, 'em' should be used. It takes an example to give a proper
answer, in my humble opinion.
It also takes an example to explain how 'em' is relative to
screen/window size and % isn't.
I believe that this argument will be meaningless to development which is
Internet Explorer-centric:
http://archivist.incutio.com/viewlist/css-discuss/1439
That's about sizes for elements other than font.
Yes, if I want a box to scale with the text inside, I use em, as it's
relative to the font-size, while percentage is relative to the
viewport or parent element. (I never saw a difference between IE and
the other browsers in that btw - maybe something in Quirksmode?)
I still don't see how em is relative to screensize really.
A font-size of 1em is equal to a font-size of 100% afaik.
IE has a scaling problem if the font-size for <body> isn't set in
percentages, but other than that, I see no difference.
As far as I can gather, em gives a great deal of power. I have just tried
some pages of mine under Opera (which I know you advocate) to reveal some
unpleasant interpretations of the source. Overall, Opera at its present
seems excellent so I am glad I took your word.
I advocate Opera?
Hmm.. might have done by accident some time... ;-)
I use Opera and Firefox, and I still prefer Firefox, although I'm
starting to use Opera more and more for surfing. Not because I think
it's a better browser, but because I like to keep more than one
browser open, so it's easier to differentiate between work-tabs and
surf-tabs.
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Sonhos vem. Sonhos vão. O resto é imperfeito.
- Renato Russo -
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Ian Rastall <id*******@gmai l.com> writes: On Sun, 11 Dec 2005 18:45:28 +0000, JD <us**@example.n et> wrote:What's the best way to specify font size using CSS?
I use %, personally. The problem is that users' needs vary so much,
trying to control the size of the text is a pointless endeavor. In the
end, the user is most accustomed to the default font size (100%), and
if they need to change it, they can, through the browser.
....actually, anecdotal evidence suggests that the user is generally
unaccustomed to the default font size, finding it larger than the
majority of pages they view.
However, that's not a reason to avoid using the default size -
most users seem to prefer it to the 'common' smaller sizes, and those
that don't can resize it.
--
Chris
Els wrote:
What's the pain in using %?
Just set 100% for <body> (the "base" size), and then use other
percentages like 85% for small print and 120% for headings, etc.
Those are indeed relative to the percentage set for the <body>.
It is a percentage of whatever the size is for the containing element,
yes? If I set the font-size to 85% for a <div>, then 85% again for a <p>
in that div, the final size is 72% of the original font-size spec.
--
jmm (hyphen) list (at) sohnen-moe (dot) com
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