AnotherAfrica

yes, i was just trying to see these new tags would bring consistency but they don’t as the post title for example on single post page is still bigger than the body/paragraph text – by any chance do you know how to control the font size for the excerpt that appears on the top page?

i can really tell that i am out of my element here – thank you for trying to help me.
i have tried to set the parameters at the end as your recommended but there are still inconsistencies – a the header for example on a single post view is larger than the body copy even though they are both set to 1em

this is the current css code – if you have the patience to help me clean it up i would be most thankful

*/

/************************* IMPORT BLUEPRINT *************************/
@import url(“css/screen.css”);

/************************* DEFAULT STYLES ***************************/
body {color:#000;background:#fff;font-family:”anivers-1″,”anivers-2″,sans-serif;}
.container-inner {width:950px; margin:0 auto;}
body {font-size:100%;}
h1,h2,h3,h4,h5,h6 {color:#000;font-family:”anivers-1″,”anivers-2″,sans-serif;}
h1 a,h2 a,h3 a,h4 a,h5 a,h6 a {color:#000000;}
a {color:#333333;text-decoration:none;}
a:hover, a:focus {color:#222222;}

/************************* RSS ************************************/
#inside-subscribe {float:right;color:#666;}
#inside-subscribe a {color:#666;}
#inside-subscribe a:hover {color:#000;}
.feed {margin-left: 3px;padding: 0 0 0 10px;background: url(“images/rss.png”) no-repeat 0 50%;color:#eee;}

#inside-widgets {margin:4em 0;}
#inside-widgets h6.widgettitle {color:#222;border-bottom:1px solid #ccc;text-transform:uppercase;padding:1em .3em .5em;}
#inside-widgets ul{list-style:none;margin:0 0 1.6em 0;font-size:1em;}
#inside-widgets ul li a,ul.txt li{color:#222;height:1%;background:url(images/li.png) no-repeat 0;line-height:1.2em;border-bottom:1px solid #ccc;display:block;padding:6px 0 6px 8px;}
#inside-widgets ul li a:hover,ul.txt li:hover{color:#fff;background-position:1px 0.8em;background: #222 url(images/li-white.png) no-repeat 3px 10px;}
#inside-widgets ul li a span,ul.txt li,h4 a span{color:#696455;}
#inside-widgets ul li.active a{cursor:default;color:white;}
#inside-widgets ul ul{margin:0;list-style:none;}

/************************* MASTHEAD ************************************/
.pusher {cursor:pointer;}
#masthead { background: padding: 0; border-top:0px solid #000;}

#navcontainer {padding: 0;font-family:”anivers”, anivers-1, anivers-2, sans-serif;text-align: right;background-color: #000;height:40px;margin:0 0 1em;}
#navlist {height:40px}
#navcontainer p {padding: 7px 7px 0px;font-family:”anivers”, anivers-1, anivers-2, sans-serif;font-size: 1.2em;font-weight: bold;}
/* to stretch the container div to contain floated list */
#navcontainer:after {content: “.”;display: block;line-height: 1px;font-size: 1px;color: transparent;clear: both;}
#navcontainer img {margin: 0;padding: 0,0,40px,0;}
ul#navlist {list-style: none;padding: 0;margin: 10px;background-color: #000;font-size: 1em;}
ul#navlist li {text-align: left;float: left;height: 40px;margin: 0;background: #000;border-right:1px solid #ccc;padding: 0;}
ul#navlist li { width: 105px; voice-family: “\”}\””; voice-family:inherit; width: 119px;}
html>body ul#navlist li { width: 119px; }
ul#navlist li a {display: block;padding: 7px 5px 25px 7px;color: #eee;font-size: 14px;text-decoration: none;height: 1%;height:40px;text-shadow: 0 0 0 #000;}
#navcontainer>ul#navlist li a {width: auto;height: auto;height: 8px}
ul#navlist li#active a {background: #eee;color: #<?php echo $ss_nav_hover_color; ?>;}
ul#navlist li a:hover,ul#navlist li#active a:hover {color: #fff;background-color: #222;}
ul#navlist li.home {border-left: none;}
ul#navlist li#empty {width: 120px;}

/********************************POSTS ************************* */
.post {display:block;clear:both;}
.postmetadata {color:#A4A4A4;}
.postmetadata a {color:#A4A4A4;}
.postmetadata a:hover {color:#000;}
.underlined {border-bottom:1px solid #000;}
h3.{margin:0 0 .875em;}

.nav-image-left, .nav-image-up, .nav-image-right {text-align:center;float:left;width:25px;margin:0 10px 0 2px;}
.nav-image-left a, .nav-image-up a, .nav-image-right a {background:#eee;padding:2px 48% 2px 48%;text-decoration:none;color:#000;}
.nav-image-left a:hover, .nav-image-up a:hover, .nav-image-right a:hover {background:#000;color:#fff;}

.nav {background:#eee;margin:0 0 1em 0;}
.nav:hover {background:#ccc;}
.prev a, .next a {color:#000;text-decoration:none;padding:.2em 1em;}

.nav-interior {margin:0;padding:0;clear:both;display:inline;}
.nav-interior .next {color:#000;text-decoration:none;float:right;}
.nav-interior .prev {color:#000;text-decoration:none;float:left;}

.post p img.alignnone {float:none;}

/* ************************* FOOTER *********************** */
#footer {margin:em 0 0;background:#fff;padding:1em;}
#footer p {text-align:center;color:#000;}
#footer a {color:#666;}
#footer a:hover {color:#333;}

/* ************************ SLIDESHOW ********************************/
#slideshow {padding:0;margin:0 0 1em;overflow:hidden;max-height:435px;}
#slideshow .slide img {max-width:950px;text-align:center;margin:0;}

/* **************************** FLOATS & IMAGES ***************************** */
.right { float: right; }
.left { float: left; }
.middle {margin: 0 auto;float:left;}
.clear { clear: both; }
img.centered{display: block;margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;}
img.alignright{padding: 4px;margin: 3px 0 2px 10px;display: inline;}
img.alignleft{padding: 4px;margin: 3px 10px 2px 0;display: inline;}
.alignleft{float: left;}
.alignright{float: right;}
.aligncenter,div.aligncenter {display: block;margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;}
.wp-caption {border: 1px solid #ddd;text-align: center;background-color: #f3f3f3;padding-top: 4px;margin: 10px;-moz-border-radius: 3px;-khtml-border-radius: 3px;-webkit-border-radius: 3px;border-radius: 3px;}
.wp-caption img {margin: 0;padding: 0;border: 0 none;}
.wp-caption p.wp-caption-text {font-size: 11px;line-height: 17px;padding: 0 4px 5px;margin: 0;}
.thumbnail {width:310px;height:150px;background:#eee url(‘images/x.png’) no-repeat center;max-width:310px;max-height:150px;overflow:hidden;}

/***************************** ARCHIVE *****************************/
h6.archive-header {display:block;border-bottom:#000 1px solid;margin:0 0 .5em;}
.archive-stack {width:100%; height:1em;}

/***************************** ETC *****************************/
#filters {clear: both;height: 2em;margin-bottom: 1em;}
#filters li {float: left;margin-right: 2em;}
.prev {}
.next {}
/* remember to define focus styles! */
:focus {outline: 0;}

/***************************** SEARCH *****************************/
#search {float: left;margin:15px 0 0;}
#search #s {background: transparent url(‘images/search.gif’) 0px center no-repeat;color: #666;font-size: 0.9em;margin:0 0 0 10px;padding: 2px 0 2px 17px;width: 100px;}
#search input {border:1px solid #222;}
#search #s:hover {color: #666;}
.search-excerpt {margin: 0;}

/***************** COMMENTS ********************/
h3#comments{margin: 10px 0 0;padding: 20px 10px;background: #f5f5f5;}
h3#comments span.comments-subscribe {float:right;font-size:.7em;margin-left: 3px;padding: 0 0 0 19px;background: url(“images/rss.png”) no-repeat 0 50%;color:#cccccc;}
h3#respond{margin: 10px 0 0;padding: 20px 10px;background: #f5f5f5;}
ol.commentlist{list-style-type: none;margin: 0;padding: 0;border-top: 5px solid #eee;}
ol.commentlist li strong{padding-left:1em;}
ol.commentlist li .comment-entry{margin: -35px 0 0;border-bottom: 2px solid #eee;padding: 5px 150px 0;line-height: 1.5em;}
ol.commentlist li .avatar{border:1px solid #eee;padding:.5em;margin: .5em .5em .5em 0;}
#commentform{margin: 0 0 7px;padding: 30px 150px 6px;border-top: 10px solid #fff;background: #eee;}

/***************** FIX ********************
body {font-size: 100%}
h1 {font-size:1em;}
h2 {font-size:1em;}
h3 {font-size:1em;}
h4 {font-size:1em;}
h5 {font-size:1em;}
h6 {font-size:1em;}
p {font-size:1em;}

i tried that but gave up and resorted to just defining the paragraph in pixels, which i realize does not work in ie.

even when i tried to define the font size in em’s in the css it does not seem to control the pages, so i figured it’s getting overridden in the various templates used to build each of the relevant pages

this is what i have now in the style sheet

h1,h2,h3,h4,h5,h6 {color:#000;font-family:”anivers-1″,”anivers-2″,sans-serif;}
p {font-size: 13px;}
h1 a,h2 a,h3 a,h4 a,h5 a,h6 a {color:#000000;}

@root thank you for the notation – i have made an adjustment based on your advise.