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Re: Screen resolutions vs. web site legibility
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| Shawn K. Quinn 2004-08-26, 12:28 pm |
| [crossposted to, and followups set for, c.i.w.a.stylesheets]
Dave wrote:
> A friend of mine pointed out the other day that certain elements on my web
> site are too small.
It's possible that his/her browser is configured incorrectly.
> But in most of what I publish, fonts are at default size or smaller, and
> my images are easy to see. I am viewing at 800x600 right now by the way,
> because that's what I can comfortably see.
>
> Times New Roman default pitch is what - 12px?
Who says they have Times New Roman installed *at all*? "World Wide Web
browser" does not imply "PC running the latest Microsoft Windows".
And default font size can be anywhere between, say, 6px and 60px, sometimes
even outside those ranges.
> With people increasing their screen resolutions, is it possible for
> "default size to ever become too small in the future?
The size of 1em will never become too small in the future. Anything else,
especially based in something like px units, makes assumptions about the
user's system that will likely be horribly wrong at some point.
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Shawn K. Quinn
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| Five answers to this question! Thanks a bunch. Hey, by the way...
So you guys are saying that the font size should be regulated as 100%
of...itself? And what does the "em" font measurement stand for?
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- Dave
http://members.cox.net/grundage/
"Shawn K. Quinn" <skquinn@xevious.kicks-XXX.net> wrote in message
news:dKadnZwqAcI4h7DcRVn-qw@speakeasy.net...
> [crossposted to, and followups set for, c.i.w.a.stylesheets]
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> Dave wrote:
>
web[color=darkred]
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> It's possible that his/her browser is configured incorrectly.
>
>
> Who says they have Times New Roman installed *at all*? "World Wide Web
> browser" does not imply "PC running the latest Microsoft Windows".
>
> And default font size can be anywhere between, say, 6px and 60px,
sometimes
> even outside those ranges.
>
>
> The size of 1em will never become too small in the future. Anything else,
> especially based in something like px units, makes assumptions about the
> user's system that will likely be horribly wrong at some point.
>
> --
> Shawn K. Quinn
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| Brian 2004-08-26, 12:28 pm |
| Dave wrote:
> Five answers to this question! Thanks a bunch.
On behalf of the group, yw. (My response didn't reach you yet, but no
matter.) Perhaps you could thank ciwas by following posting conventions.
Start by not top-posting. Again, if you spent any time reading, you'd
have learned that without being told.
> So you guys are saying that the font size should be regulated as 100%
> of...itself?
The author uses font-size: 100%. That means the author says 100% of
whatever size the user's browser is set at. Could be 16px. Could be 8.
Could be 40. Who knows?
> And what does the "em" font measurement stand for?
http://css.nu/articles/typograph1-en.html
--
Brian (remove ".invalid" to email me)
http://www.tsmchughs.com/
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| Five answers to this question! Thanks a bunch. Hey, by the way...
So you guys are saying that the font size should be regulated as 100%
of...itself? And what does the "em" font measurement stand for?
--
============================
- Dave
http://members.cox.net/grundage/
"Shawn K. Quinn" <skquinn@xevious.kicks-XXX.net> wrote in message
news:dKadnZwqAcI4h7DcRVn-qw@speakeasy.net...
> [crossposted to, and followups set for, c.i.w.a.stylesheets]
>
> Dave wrote:
>
web[color=darkred]
>
> It's possible that his/her browser is configured incorrectly.
>
>
> Who says they have Times New Roman installed *at all*? "World Wide Web
> browser" does not imply "PC running the latest Microsoft Windows".
>
> And default font size can be anywhere between, say, 6px and 60px,
sometimes
> even outside those ranges.
>
>
> The size of 1em will never become too small in the future. Anything else,
> especially based in something like px units, makes assumptions about the
> user's system that will likely be horribly wrong at some point.
>
> --
> Shawn K. Quinn
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| Dave wrote:
> Five answers to this question! Thanks a bunch.
On behalf of the group, yw. (My response didn't reach you yet, but no
matter.) Perhaps you could thank ciwas by following posting conventions.
Start by not top-posting. Again, if you spent any time reading, you'd
have learned that without being told.
> So you guys are saying that the font size should be regulated as 100%
> of...itself?
The author uses font-size: 100%. That means the author says 100% of
whatever size the user's browser is set at. Could be 16px. Could be 8.
Could be 40. Who knows?
> And what does the "em" font measurement stand for?
http://css.nu/articles/typograph1-en.html
--
Brian (remove ".invalid" to email me)
http://www.tsmchughs.com/
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