Sent by David Dorward on 1 March 2005 21:09
On Tue, 1 Mar 2005 15:18:31 -0600, Clinton Gallagher
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> Any comments pro or con with regard to using a universal selector to declare
> a default font size and font family for all elements that may be used by a
> page? I wonder if doing so might be problematic with browser bugs?
It would be problematic with the design of CSS.
> * { font-size: 80%;
<html> - 80% of user's preference
<body> - 80% of 80% of user's preference
<p> - 80% of 80% of 80% of 80% of user's preference
<a> - 80% of 80% of 80% of 80% of 80% of user's preference
etc.
By the time you get to the anchor you are at 32% of the user's
preference. I can't read four pixel high text, and I doubt you'll find
many people who can.
(and that's on top of the usual issues of setting the default font
size to small then the user's preference.)
> font-family: verdana, arial, sans-serif; }
You really want your <pre> and <textarea> elements in a non-monospace font?
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David Dorward <http://dorward.me.uk><http://blog.dorward.me.uk>
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