- From: Tab Atkins Jr. <jackalmage@gmail.com>
- Date: Tue, 21 Jan 2014 17:18:30 -0800
- To: John Daggett <jdaggett@mozilla.com>
- Cc: www-style list <www-style@w3.org>
On Mon, Jan 20, 2014 at 12:12 AM, John Daggett <jdaggett@mozilla.com> wrote: > Tab Atkins wrote: >> It's obvious from inspection that every browser defaults to 16px >> font size, so it hasn't been a big deal that it's not >> standardized. That doesn't excuse us from standardizing it, >> though - the entire *point* of standardization is to allow new >> browsers to enter the market without having to do a bunch of >> reverse-engineering themselves. > > While this is generally true, it's not true in all cases. Firefox, > for example, sets the default size based on the locale. For some CJK > locales, it's set to 15px instead of 16px. For some locales I could > definitely imagine defaults other 16px making more sense. So I > don't think standardizing on "should" makes sense, although a note > saying that the font size generally defaults to 16px would be fine. That's fair. I'm fine with just a note; I just want *something* written down about this default assumption of the web. Feel free to word it how you see fit. ^_^ ~TJ
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