Re: Text sizing

Andrew Kaspick
Wed, 05 Jul 2006 20:56:25 -0000

What about this...
http://developer.yahoo.com/yui/fonts/

On 7/5/06, Sam <sam.google-Uc2IQQBAS6sAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
wrote:
> It''s been a while since I''ve researched pts, but I had to
toss them years
> ago.  Something about browser differences in rendering pts.
>
> IE will fix fonts when px are used.  It''s out.
>
> Seems like ems or % are the available choices, but no setting will give you
> what you want / need.
>
> Which is why I''m thinking there ought to be a JavaScript to do the
job.
> I''ll look around  for one, then try to write one if nothing is out
there.
>
> Sam
>
>
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> Subject: Re: [Rails-spinoffs] Text sizing
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>
> I didn''t see any reference to using pt for fonts.  I use pt for
most
> of my fonts and sizes seem the same across browsers.  Is there some
> big bad reason for not using pt for fonts that I''m unaware of?
>
> On 7/5/06, Sam <sam.google-Uc2IQQBAS6sAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> > I''ve had to worry about how different browsers render
different screen
> sizes
> > for text for years.  I don''t want to use "px" for
font-size as IE will
> > cripple the browsers "VIEW, Text Size" control.  We need to
keep the
> > text-size browser control fully operational for accessibility and
> usability.
> >  At the same time, we want text-laden pages to render
"approximately" the
> > same across all browsers on page load, normal text-viewing-size.
> >
> > My reference on the subject has been the work of Owen Briggs:
> >
> > http://www.thenoodleincident.com/tutorials/box_lesson/font/index.html
> >
> > This work gets close, but for my purposes, it could be improved.
Firefox
> > will always renders text noticeably larger  than IE and these are the
two
> > most significant browsers in our user base.  The page layouts differ
more
> > than I would like.
> >
> > Using JavaScript, it might be possible to get a better match in IE and
> > Firefox text-size by detecting the browser type and setStyle on the
body
> > {font-size: value} to a browser-specific setting such that the
"normal"
> > rendering size was the same across all browsers.
> >
> > Before I go off and invent the wheel again; has anyone seen anything
like
> > this done elsewhere?
> >
> > Sam
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