Fixed font size

S

Stafs

Hi

Does anyone know how to define a font size in Frontpage so that regardless
of what the users own settings are in their browser (under view - font size)
the font size stays the same?

Thanks for your help
 
M

Mark Fitzpatrick

In addition to what Corey says, you may want to think carefully before doing
this. Often, people who run with a larger font size do it because they need
to do it for viewing purposes. They're also used to the page distortion that
can occur but live with it in order to be able to see the contents of the
pages. It's easy to annoy people, especially when you override their ability
to see in order to maintain the aesthetics of a site.

Hope this helps,
Mark Fitzpatrick
Microsoft MVP - FrontPage
 
M

MD Websunlimited

Hi Stafs,

There is no way to accomplish nor should you.

It is the user browser and the user may have a disability that requires them to change the font size, etc. Instead, concentrate on
making the content work with any font / font size.
 
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Stafs

Thanks for all your replies

The problem I have is my broswer is set to medium and displays the site fine.

If I change it to larger, the title and boxes go nuts and throw out all the
formatting - which is okay for me as I know how to fix it, but not everyone
knows and it would give a poor view of the site.

When I look at professional sites like Bloomberg or BBC or CNN, if you
change the view size of the font it doesnt change on the site, so how do they
go about that?

IS that the right way to go?

Thanks
 
T

Thomas A. Rowe

If you are using IE, then go to Tools | Internet Options | Accessibility, check the first 3 boxes
then view those site and try change the font sizes.

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P

P@tty Ayers

IS that the right way to go?
Click to expand...

Trying to completely control the font size isn't the right way to go, as
several others have said. If it wasn't impossible, some of us might be
tempted also, but it is impossible.

I'd suggest asking a different question: How can I design my pages so that
when someone re-sizes text the layout doesn't break?

Most pages will look pretty funny if you make the text many sizes larger. I
aim for a page that doesn't break when text size is increased a couple of
notches, at least.
 
C

coreybryant

While just trying to answer the question have their opinion of
controlling a user's browsers and I usually try to keep those to
myself.

Using
<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"
"http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd">
<html>

<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Language" content="en-us">
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html;
charset=windows-1252">
<title>Using Points</title>
<style type="text/css">

p.pt
{
font-size: 14pt;
}

</style>
</head>

<body>

<p class="pt">Using Points</p>

</body>

</html>

And On IE, it will usually stay the same. But PT should not be used as
that website stated. I know a lot of times, we want things we cannot /
should not have but if you need to really control the font size, you
might consider using image(s)

Another great read is http://www.alistapart.com/articles/relafont/ and
http://www.alistapart.com/articles/goingtoprint/. You might just go to
ALA website and search for font to get a better understanding.

Corey
http://www.loudcommerce.com
 
J

Jens Peter Karlsen [FP-MVP]

That is what it boils down to.
Those that ask this kind of question usually comes from a desktop
publishing background and have a hard time understanding that a screen
doesn't behave the same way as a piece of paper.

Regards Jens Peter Karlsen. Microsoft MVP - Frontpage.
 
P

P@tty Ayers

While just trying to answer the question have their opinion of
controlling a user's browsers and I usually try to keep those to
myself.
Click to expand...

You do that, and I'll answer the question the best way *I* know how. :)
 
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