demonhale — Tue, 24 Jan 2006 03:33:38 +0000

I totally agree with the standard way of assigning em or % in fonts for resize, the post was merely to point out, that there are other ways, I know its easier replacing all your px to % and em , a third option wouldnt hurt if displayed on the site correctly. Novice visitors dont even care about the file edit view menu on the bar, they usually use the back forward and refresh buttons, and the things they can click on the site is much more important, thats why im pointing another option...

timjpriebe — Mon, 23 Jan 2006 17:45:28 +0000

Yes, demonhale, but we want it to be as easy as possible for someone who wants to resize fonts. I think the point it, if someone is used to resizing fonts in IE, they will likely use the standard way, which is through IE's menu. If they're already used to doing that, and you want to give them the option to resize, it would be easier on them if you stick with the standard.

demonhale — Mon, 23 Jan 2006 16:36:50 +0000

my point is you cant totally say theres no other way to resize a px font...

Read the thread, dont be so absolute in saying things can do or cant do that, there are other ways you can go around it... SEE THE POINT?

robbluther — Mon, 23 Jan 2006 15:46:02 +0000

Isn't it easier to just use ems for resizing instead of writing Javascript to do it?

Busy — Mon, 23 Jan 2006 08:41:29 +0000

disable javascript and you can't

Renegade — Sun, 22 Jan 2006 23:43:08 +0000

demonhale wrote: Hmmm you can still use px, and use another javascript to control font resize in any browser... So that is not totally true that you CANT resize a px font...

For an example, go to my site...

I'm saying resize as in going to the menu and chosing the font size from there, of course you can do it with Javascript, but without it, you can't.

Busy — Sun, 22 Jan 2006 20:46:07 +0000

font-size: small !important; works in IE6

with modern day browsers a fixed point font doesnt matter as the broswer can resize how it wants, IE is of course the odd one out that has preformance problems alround with CSS/XHTML (even HTML)

demonhale — Sun, 22 Jan 2006 11:39:39 +0000

Hmmm you can still use px, and use another javascript to control font resize in any browser... So that is not totally true that you CANT resize a px font...

For an example, go to my site...

syed — Sun, 22 Jan 2006 11:02:40 +0000

Renegade wrote: Actually, I'd advise against using "px" as a unit (annoying when people do, actually). The reason I say this is because, if you set it to a set pixel size, they will not able to be resized in IE (for people with sight problems).

I would suggest using "em"s or a percentage.

yup that's the reason i was doing it. i'll try ems.

thanks everyone. (even you dave )

DaveyBoy — Sun, 22 Jan 2006 08:53:33 +0000

hmmm yeah that IS true but then i'm selfish

lol j/k

ok...i am!