font sizing

[Andrew Poulos]

I've got some CSS that looks like this:

body {
margin: 0;
font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
font-size: 140.01%;
color: #000000;
}

but IE won't apply the font size to text in table cells so I've had to
modify it to this:

body {
margin: 0;
}

body, td {
font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
font-size: 140.01%;
color: #000000;
}

This "fixes" it in IE buy in MZ the font size in table cells is too
large. I believe it's 140.01% of 140.01%. I think the only way around
this is to load a specific style sheet depending on the the browser.

Is this the right way to go about this or is there a better way?


Andrew Poulos

PS the .01% was added because someone told me to and I didn't know
enough about fonts to disagree.

[Daniel Kirsch]

Re: font sizing

Andrew Poulos wrote:[color=blue]
> I've got some CSS that looks like this:
>
> body {
> margin: 0;
> font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
> font-size: 140.01%;
> color: #000000;
> }
>
> but IE won't apply the font size to text in table cells so I've had to
> modify it to this:
>
> body {
> margin: 0;
> }
>
> body, td {
> font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
> font-size: 140.01%;
> color: #000000;
> }[/color]


try:

body {
margin: 0;
color: #000000;
font-size: 140%;
}

body, table {
font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
}

table {
font-size: 100%;
}

Daniel

[Andrew Thompson]

Re: font sizing

On Fri, 26 Nov 2004 19:26:18 +1100, Andrew Poulos wrote:
[color=blue]
> I've got some CSS that looks like this:[/color]

Why not post to c.i.w.a.s.?
<http://groups.google.c om/groups?group=co mp.infosystems. www.authoring.s tylesheets>
[color=blue]
> body {
> margin: 0;
> font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;[/color]

Where, for example, they would probably not only sort the problem,
but also recommend a different order for the font declaration.

[ Helvetica is generally considered a superior font to Arial,
so it makes sense to list it *first*. ]

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[Andrew Poulos]

Re: font sizing

Andrew Thompson wrote:
[color=blue]
> On Fri, 26 Nov 2004 19:26:18 +1100, Andrew Poulos wrote:
>
>[color=green]
>>I've got some CSS that looks like this:[/color]
>
>
> Why not post to c.i.w.a.s.?
> <http://groups.google.c om/groups?group=co mp.infosystems. www.authoring.s tylesheets>
>[color=green]
>>body {
>> margin: 0;
>> font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;[/color]
>
>
> Where, for example, they would probably not only sort the problem,
> but also recommend a different order for the font declaration.
>
> [ Helvetica is generally considered a superior font to Arial,
> so it makes sense to list it *first*. ][/color]

I thought that maybe the solution was a javascript-based one. Thanks,
I'll try posting there.

Andrew Poulos

[Daniel Kirsch]

Re: font sizing

Andrew Thompson wrote:[color=blue]
> Where, for example, they would probably not only sort the problem,
> but also recommend a different order for the font declaration.
>
> [ Helvetica is generally considered a superior font to Arial,
> so it makes sense to list it *first*. ][/color]

On screen Arial is often more readable than Helvetica. If arial is not
present, which might be the case especially on non windows systems, the
pretty similar helvetica font should be used.
IMHO this order does make sense.

Daniel

[Mark Preston]

Re: font sizing

Daniel Kirsch wrote:[color=blue]
> Andrew Thompson wrote:
>[color=green]
>> Where, for example, they would probably not only sort the problem,
>> but also recommend a different order for the font declaration.
>>
>> [ Helvetica is generally considered a superior font to Arial,
>> so it makes sense to list it *first*. ][/color]
>
>
> On screen Arial is often more readable than Helvetica. If arial is not
> present, which might be the case especially on non windows systems, the
> pretty similar helvetica font should be used.
> IMHO this order does make sense.
>[/color]
My preference is to use Comic Sans because it is so very readable (if
slightly too large).

[Andrew Thompson]

Re: font sizing

On Fri, 26 Nov 2004 20:21:17 +1100, Andrew Poulos wrote:
[color=blue]
> Andrew Thompson wrote:[/color]
...[color=blue][color=green]
>> Why not post to c.i.w.a.s.?
>> <http://groups.google.c om/groups?group=co mp.infosystems. www.authoring.s tylesheets>[/color][/color]
...[color=blue]
> I thought that maybe the solution was a javascript-based one.[/color]

I know enough to know that these sort of problems are regularly
fixed on c.i.w.a.s. Further if it *does* require separate stylesheets,
they are the experts on the 'CSS import hacks' necessary* to ensure
that each UA sees an appropriate set of styles.

[ There are other ways to provide alternate stylesheets, but CSS
import hacks are the single most reliable. ]
[color=blue]
>..Thanks, I'll try posting there.[/color]

You're welcome.

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