Sent by Jack Keller on 16 December 2004 17:05
I'm not sure about better ways to do font sizing, I've been using ems over
pixels for a while, but I don't recall why I did, it seems like I get a bit
more control this way (somewhat). I have seen some css files for canned
blogging programs have font size %'s which may have been a hack or a
workaround a browser, but the logic would suggest that a % based solution
would be pretty good to overcome emerging technologies in the world of
computer displays.
Jack
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From: "Ryan Cannon" [EMAIL-REMOVED]>
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Sent: Thursday, December 16, 2004 10:50 AM
Subject: [css-d] Re: Font Scaling? 800x600 vs. 1280x1024 vs. 2560 x 1600
> This one is really for the more advanced CSS guys out there. It seems
> that CSS design is stagnating slightly, as many designers are sticking
> to a fixed-width box for most of their content. I'm trying to move away
> from this, but the largest problem with fluid content is line-length and
> font size. More importantly, on-screen font-sizes are a killer:
>
> At 96 px/inch, on my laptop's 13.1 inch monitor, a 13px font-size
> appears 0.17 in, whereas on my G4 17"monitor it's 0.13 in. -- nearly 3/4
> the size.
> Math:
> (screen-size)^2 = (4x)^2 + (3x)^2 // 4:3 aspect ratio
> Solve for x, 3x = screen-height.
> (screen-height / resolution-height) x relative-font-size =
actual-font-size
>
> As screens begin to vary in size and pixel-depth, it seems designers are
> going to have to worry more and more about the actual size of their text
> in order to make it readable--Apple's new 30in monitors have a meaty
> 2560 x 1600 pixels, the actual size is the same as their 17in monitors,
> but now the view must sit further back from the screen. Is there a
> better unit than pixels for web designers on the screen, that will
> prevent users of large screens from being handicapped by better
technology?
>
>
> Ryan Cannon
> Freelance Web Design
> RyanCannon.com <http://ryancannon.com/?refer=email>
> (989) 463-7060
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