Some of the code that was supposed to standardize font sizes across all browsers needs to be double checked. Font sizes (other than the standardization stuff) should be specified in % (rather than em or px).

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jjeff’s picture

jjeff commented
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fixed.

zirafa’s picture

zirafa commented
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I don't quite understand this. I thought it was fine before. Before font sizes were more standard across browsers, now in IE 6 Win XP the font size is too large.

jjeff’s picture

jjeff commented

http://developer.yahoo.com/yui/fonts/

zirafa’s picture

zirafa commented

Thanks for the link! I'm not sure why it doesn't seem to work for me. Does it work for others?

jjeff’s picture

jjeff commented

I don't know that it's fully tested yet. Perhaps we missed something that affects IE.

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zirafa commented

I have heard that IE does not respect %'s very well, sometimes em, and always px (although it breaks resizing in IE).

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jjeff commented

Hmmm... Well I have to admit that I'm following Yahoo in a relatively blind manner.

They say:

To change the size of a font, use a percentage value, not one defined by pixels or ems. Always use percentages instead of ems, because percentages respond to user font-size adjustment more predictably.

Maybe they're on crack. Will have to do some more research.

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zirafa commented
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After some more research, I think percentages is probably the best way to go. I think the magic number is to set the body at 76%. Marking this fixed.

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zirafa commented
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Huh...Jeff how come the changes you made have px fonts then?

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jjeff commented

Jeff how come the changes you made have px fonts then?

The only font-size px declaration should be at the top where we essentially set the "root" font size. Other than that I think it's a bug.

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jjeff commented
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The only pixel declaration is the 'body'. This is as it should be. All other font sizing is percentage based on the 13 pixel starting point.

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zirafa commented

Sounds good. I think it could have been something specific to my computer setup.

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