Sent by Mark Story on 16 April 2008 15:03
Sam Carter wrote:
> Font-family: Calibri, Verdana, Ariel, sans-serif;
>
> Is there a solution which will size Calibri so it roughly matches Verdana
> and Ariel (which works cross-browser)?
>
> (Calibri is a new MS font which renders about 20% smaller than Verdana.)
>
>
There is no effective way, even the js solutions I can think of are
hacky and spotty at best, to adjust font-sizing based on whether or not
a certain font is being used. Perhaps Tahoma might give you better
results than Verdana as it is narrower than verdana. If you are sizing
elements on ems the layout should be able to adjust to different em
width fonts fairly easily.
If the client / designer is being silly regarding the pixel perfectness
of his/her layouts. Perhaps remind this person of font resizing and
different default font sizes will muck with a layout that is dependant
on a font that is quite new and only a default for vista I think. I for
one know 3 people who have different default fonts sizes / regularily
use font scaling.
-Mark
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