Re: Designs that zoom (was : Why reduce font size)

Pixel rounding is actually a phenomenon where browsers, when parsing 
relative measurements, are forced to round that width to a certain 
pixel. This usually depends on the precision of the browsers 
measurements ( i.e.. rounding 10.555px to 11px, 11.6px or 11.56px, or 
even mistakenly 10px. Each of these can make a distinct visual 
difference, and it varies by browser. Positioniseverything.net has an 
excellent example[1].

    [1]http://www.positioniseverything.net/round-error.html

This truly is a user agent problem and not a CSS problem, and may 
disappear as UAs become more precise. Perhaps CSS 2.1 or 3 should 
include a recommendation on how to handle pixel rounding?

Carl Mäsak wrote:

>On Wed, 02 Mar 2005 11:55:59 -0500, Ryan Cannon <ryan@ryancannon.com> wrote:
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>> Some major problems were pixel rounding (which still isn't perfectly
>>fixed),
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>You might be referring to pixel perfection, in which case it will
>never be "perfectly fixed", as this is not the goal of CSS. Even the
>fact that different user agent manufacturers interpret the CSS specs
>differently, while not a "good" thing, will probably never go away
>completely. The below link points to a fairly sane discussion about
>pixel perfection and designer choices.
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>http://www.alistapart.com/discuss/flexiblelayouts/7/
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