- From: Michael Brown <mike@maupuia.com>
- Date: Fri, 15 Nov 2002 11:33:07 +1300
- To: w3c-wai-ig@w3.org, "Ineke van der Maat" <inekemaa@xs4all.nl>
Ineke wrote: IvdM> I heard that it is better to specify the font-size in 100% in stead of IvdM> em in the body. Due to a bug in special IE6 browsersettings em seems to IvdM> be rendered very small. Other elements can have a property font-size em IvdM> as those seem not be influenced by this special bug that appears in some IvdM> IE6 settings. IvdM> Has anybody experience with this bug and in what IE6 browsersettings IvdM> this occurs? I think this is an IE thing rather than a specific IE6 thing. But yes, it seems if you specify em for font-size in the body, then the fonts can get very small in IE with the text size set to "smaller" or "smallest". Using 100% (or 80%) for font-size in the body, and then using em for everything else <h1>, <p> etc, gets around this problem. With text size set to smallest in IE, it's still readable - depending of course on your eyesight! At any rate, the font size shown on screen for IE will only "scale-down" to a certain size and no lower with this method. As always, test this method across browers, but I've found it to work quite well. HTH Regards Mike Brown TiS New Zealand Ltd :: web development - software development - usability web: http://www.tis.co.nz ph/fax: +64 4 934-9205 | mob: + 64 25 885-992
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