- From: James Craig <work@cookiecrook.com>
- Date: Tue, 15 Apr 2003 14:04:00 -0500
- To: Mary Martinson <mmartins@dwave.net>, w3c-wai-ig@w3.org
Mary Martinson wrote: > At a recent web accessibility class where I recommended using relative font > sizes, a person replied that if you use relative sizes, the fonts get all > screwed up when viewed on a Mac. Does anyone know if this is true? > Thanks > Mary Martinson Not if you set them up the right way. There has been a lot of discussion about this on the CSS-D list recently. Check the Wiki. http://css-discuss.incutio.com/ http://css-discuss.incutio.com/?page=AvoidingHacks http://css-discuss.incutio.com/?page=FontSize http://css-discuss.incutio.com/?page=UsingEms Basically, setting the body element to a keyword or percent size is essential, then all child elements can use em or % size based on that initial value. Don't try setting the body size to an em. Also, the examples listed may be affected by different rendering modes in certain browsers. There are different CSS hacks/selectors for standards mode than for quirks mode. If you are unfamiliar with what rendering mode entails, view this page: http://css-discuss.incutio.com/?page=RenderingMode Good luck, James Craig
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