Re: About font sizes
Warren Sarle wrote:
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> "Alan J. Flavell" <flavell@physic s.gla.ac.uk> wrote in message
> news:Pine.LNX.4 .64.06062718052 60.28180@ppepc8 7.ph.gla.ac.uk. ..[color=green]
>> On Tue, 27 Jun 2006, Warren Sarle wrote:[color=darkred]
>>> ...
>>> You can click an icon on the IE toolbar and choose among five
>>> different font sizes.[/color]
>>
>> All of which will be the same size, if the author has already set
>> the size in px units.[/color]
>
> No, they won't, regardless of what units are used in the CSS.
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>> I suppose you wouldn't care to actually *try* it, hmmm?[/color]
>
> I use that feature in IE6 all the time. I use the medium setting for
> most pages and switch to smaller or smallest for pages that are
> horribly garbled at medium.[/color]
With your IE set at Medium, have a look at this page:
and change your IE size from Medium to Largest, then report back what
happened to the text in the blue box to the right.
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-bts
-Warning: I brake for lawn deer
Warren Sarle wrote:
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> "Alan J. Flavell" <flavell@physic s.gla.ac.uk> wrote in message
> news:Pine.LNX.4 .64.06062718052 60.28180@ppepc8 7.ph.gla.ac.uk. ..[color=green]
>> On Tue, 27 Jun 2006, Warren Sarle wrote:[color=darkred]
>>> ...
>>> You can click an icon on the IE toolbar and choose among five
>>> different font sizes.[/color]
>>
>> All of which will be the same size, if the author has already set
>> the size in px units.[/color]
>
> No, they won't, regardless of what units are used in the CSS.
>[color=green]
>> I suppose you wouldn't care to actually *try* it, hmmm?[/color]
>
> I use that feature in IE6 all the time. I use the medium setting for
> most pages and switch to smaller or smallest for pages that are
> horribly garbled at medium.[/color]
With your IE set at Medium, have a look at this page:
and change your IE size from Medium to Largest, then report back what
happened to the text in the blue box to the right.
--
-bts
-Warning: I brake for lawn deer
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