08-27-2004, 05:49 AM
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to or not to specify font sizes
Now this is really serious. There are some who say that a font size of 10 to 12 points would be good, some others who say that font sizes should be specified in percentage of 80 to 90% and some others who are against specifying font sizes. I wonder which one would be correct on the web usability point of view. Any help?
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08-27-2004, 07:35 PM
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For proper website design fonts shouldn't be a fixed size, only reason being is so people can enlarge the font sizes ie: ctrl + scroll wheel, so basically for accessibility. Fixed font sizes have their benefit as well since everything will always be the same size and display how you want it.
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08-29-2004, 01:49 PM
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fixed sizes (points, picas, etc) differ on each platform. By using CSS styles as 'larger', 'smaller', or percentages you use sizes which are related to the default font-size that the user of the browser is accustomed to.
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