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  • I found this article on A List Apart, because it was linked in the Codex. I’m trying to study-up on CSS for font control. Does anyone use this method?

    http://www.alistapart.com/stories/sizematters/
    “The Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) standard includes seven font-size keywords intended to give designers a simple means of setting font sizes without creating accessibility problems. Sizes range from xx-small to xx-large and are relative to users’ preferred “medium” settings. Putting these seven sizes to work should be a no-brainer. Unfortunately there are plenty of obstacles ahead. Fortunately there is a workaround. Let’s start by surveying the damage, then move on to a working solution.”

    It seems the problem was Netscape 4, and IE4. Well, I don’t have any users that use those browsers. So it would be safe?

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  • Currently, font-sizes in ems are recommended… There’s enough written on using ems, I wouldn’t bother using methods nobody uses (like font-size keywords).
    Check out:
    Sane CSS typography
    Using Ems

    Dgold, the fact that these sizes are

    relative to users’ preferred “medium” settings

    makes it very hard to get a consistent lay out.
    I have tried to use these sizes but have gone to font-sizes in em.

    Thread Starter Dgold

    (@dgold)

    Thanks for the replies. My current stylesheet uses Ems (I got it from the default Kubrick).

    So when I remake my own stylesheet I’m going to stick with that method. It seems to work size-wise in Kubrick but I want to make it look different, change it up.

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