Murray: I agree with you.
I, however, am *not* an advocate of controlling font sizes, as it is a
disservice to the visitor, IMO.
When I go to a site that has font sizes controlled, and I have difficutly
reading the page, I leave immediately.
My credo is: "don't try to control how I need to view a page".
Tom
| Oops - left the "this and the following" part out....
|
| By setting the font in pixels, you can override the browser's font size
| preferences. Even if a visitor tries to increase the text size in the
| browser, he or she is out of luck.
|
| That is, unless they know how to create their own system style sheet that
| overrides the styles you selected. Experienced users with disabilities who
| need large type and other's who rely on adaptive and assistive
technologies
| create their own style sheets all the time. Average visitors don't; they
| probably don't even realize that it's possible, so you can more easily
| control their viewing experience.
|
|
| --
| Murray
|
| | > Tom:
| >
| > By setting the font in pixels, you can override the browser's font size
| > preferences. Even if a visitor tries to increase the text size in the
| > browser, he or she is out of luck.
| >
| > This (and the following paragraph) are misleading at best, and wrong at
| > worst.
| >
| > I can override the size setting (in IE) without specifying a custom
| > stylesheet simply by using this option -
| >
| > All other modern browsers (Netscape, Safari, Mozilla, etc.) do not even
| > need this extra step.
| >
| > In other words, it's not possible, right?
| >
| >
| > --
| > Murray
| >
| >
| > | >>
http://www.netmechanic.com/news/vol5/design_no13.htm
| >> --
| >> ===
| >> Tom "Pepper" Willett
| >> Microsoft MVP - FrontPage
| >> ---
| >> About FrontPage 2003:
| >>
http://office.microsoft.com/home/office.aspx?assetid=FX01085802
| >> FrontPage 2003 Product Information:
| >>
http://www.microsoft.com/office/frontpage/prodinfo/default.mspx
| >> Understanding FrontPage:
| >>
http://msdn.microsoft.com/office/understanding/frontpage/
| >> ===
| >> | >> | Hello all...
| >> |
| >> | I have an application that creates a page in the browser which is
meant
| >> to
| >> | be printed to the printer. If the user changes the view-text size
| >> setting
| >> of
| >> | their browser, then the font sizes change when the page is sent to
the
| >> | printer. What is a one page report with a smaller text setting
becomes
| >> a
| >> | two page report with the medium text setting. What is the easiest way
| >> to
| >> | control the font size so that variants in user's browser settings
don't
| >> | affect the printed page.
| >> |
| >> | TIA....
| >> |
| >> | Mike Minor
| >> |
| >> |
| >>
| >>
| >
| >
| >
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