- From: Andrew Kirkpatrick <andrew_kirkpatrick@wgbh.org>
- Date: Tue, 3 Feb 2004 20:33:11 -0500
- To: <w3c-wai-ig@w3.org>
Just as a quick answer to solving *this* problem with IE, (there's apparently a lot more problems :) if you set the size of the font as % within body, and use ems elsewhere, then IE only shrinks text down to a certain level under (view -> text size -> smallest). So, allowing that you don't make the body size % too small, you can use ems and not have this problem with IE. As an example, and purely just for this!, our site: http://www.signify.co.nz uses "font-size: 76%;" within the body and ems for all other sizings. Reducing text size in IE to "smallest" still allows me to read the text - albeit that it is small. Whereas in Jim's example that you referred to, I couldn't read anything. Owen Briggs has a huge set of images of text sized different ways on his site: http://www.thenoodleincident.com/tutorials/box_lesson/font/index.html This demonstration is entirely visual - no alt on the images. He comes to the same conclusion as Mike about ems and %'s. Andrew Andrew Kirkpatrick Project Manager, WGBH National Center for Accessible Media 125 Western Avenue Boston, MA 02134 617.300.4420
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