on Mon, Oct 15, 2001 at 08:45:06AM -0800, Christopher S. Swingley (cswingle@iarc.uaf.edu) wrote: > I just moved from Mozilla 0.9.4 to 0.9.5 and noticed that it doesn't > seem to be respecting font sizes. For example, <example snipped> > Shows up with all fonts being the same size except the last two lines, > which is a bit larger. Frankly, this IMO is a feature, not a bug. What with so many websites utterly fucking up their font settings (the size attribute is IMO a gross mistake), I'd frankly prefer *all* text be shown at *one* size. I've experimented a little with stylesheets to set font characteristics. What I haven't found is how or where the specification of the base size of some given font scaling factor should be. The standard calls for a step differential of (IIRC) 20% bewteen an two factors. I find that 5% or less works far better -- it provides sufficient hinting of font sizes, while ensuring legibility at all sizes. Scaling, say, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16 points, would be more than sufficient. Final control should lie with the user, not the website author. I've messed some with userContent.css, but still haven't found where the step scaling is configured. Anyone know how this is set? Peace. -- Karsten M. Self <kmself@ix.netcom.com> http://kmself.home.netcom.com/ What part of "Gestalt" don't you understand? Home of the brave http://gestalt-system.sourceforge.net/ Land of the free Free Dmitry! Boycott Adobe! Repeal the DMCA! http://www.freesklyarov.org Geek for Hire http://kmself.home.netcom.com/resume.html
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