Sent by Zoe M. Gillenwater on 1 December 2004 20:08
Alek Vila wrote:
>IE for Windows seems to treat font-size inheritance differently than IE
>for Mac. I think that it reverts to some kind of default after a
>certain number of div barriers have been made.
>
>My font-sizing process goes like this...
>1) Specify a general font-size of 90% in the body element to make the
>overall size a little smaller than default
>2) Specify the relative size of the elements using em's
> For example: (1em for p, a, td; 1.2em for h5, h6; etc.)
>
>
>My underlying assummption is that 1em will now = 90% of "default
>medium". This seems to hold true until it "breaks" in IE/Win when, for
>example, I have a p element nested inside several divs or a table inside
>a couple of divs. One or two divs is no problem... but after three or
>four divs... IE/Win seems to ignore all the font-size settings and makes
>the text 100% again.
>
>You can seem this in action here...
>http://www.racingheart.com/work/Jay/bio (the resume text should be the
>size size as the nav menu)
>
>
The problem only exists in WinIE5.x, which doesn't correctly inherit
font size into tables. The fix is to simply place this rule in your
style sheet:
table {
font-size: 1em;
}
No need to hide from other browsers.
Zoe
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Zoe M. Gillenwater
Design Specialist
Highway Safety Research Center
http://www.hsrc.unc.edu
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