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Font sizing in Opera vs Firefox/IE

Sent by Guillermo Nouche on 20 February 2005 23:11


On Mon, 21 Feb 2005 11:43:17 +1300, Bruce MacKay [EMAIL-REMOVED]> wrote:
> Hi folks,
Hi Bruce
> 
> I have a site in which the font is too small in Opera but OK in IE and
> Firefox.  An example page is here...
> 
> http://horticulture227.massey.ac.nz/testpage.htm
> 
> with the associated style sheet
> http://horticulture227.massey.ac.nz/scripts/main90.css
> 
> The particular problem is in the left-hand-side bar - the titles
> (Horticulture today, upcoming events, contact us) are supposed to be the
> same size as the top navigation links and the content of the LHS bar is
> supposed to be the same size as the top sub navigation.
> 
> Can anyone tell me what I'm doing wrong here please - or point me to a
> tutorial site or likewise - I've done homework on this but I cannot find
> the answer I need.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Bruce
> 
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I am not a CSS guru, but if I were you i would use percentages for
font sizes. Instead, you should use the em unit.

http://www.allmyfaqs.com/faq.pl?CSS_Units

Good luck,
-Guillermo
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