From: Aredridel <aredridel@...>
Date: 2003-07-24T02:39:15+09:00
Subject: Re: New RDoc template, and a question

> >  
> >
> I'll throw this in the mix:
> 
>  From [1]:
> 
>     A good resource for understanding the scope of this problem is Owen
>     Brigg's excellent Text Sizing article
>     <http://www.thenoodleincident.com/tutorials/box_lesson/font/>[2],
>     which includes 274 screenshots of different font sizing techniques
>     in different environments. To cut a long story short, the only
>     reliable cross browser sizing method is to specify the size of the
>     font in pixels. This comes with one massive drawback: doing so will
>     prevent IE users from resizing the text in their browsers. If you
>     care at all about accessibility you'll know why this is a bad idea.

The best solution is not to care: suggest a readable size, and let
browsers adjust -- that's what the font-size control in the UI is for
;-)