http://www.css3.com CSS3.com - A comprehensive CSS 3 reference guide, tutorial, and blog Wed, 01 Feb 2012 06:38:28 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.css3.com/css-font-size/comment-page-1/#comment-16470 Ben in Seattle Sun, 04 Jul 2010 07:46:44 +0000 http://www.css3.com/?p=10#comment-16470 I have issue with the sentence, "Using values are useful if you do not want the user to be able to increase the size of the font because your site will look incorrect if they did so." While technically true, it neglects the more important aspect that fixed value fonts are discouraged in good web design. Browsers are constantly changing as are fonts and screen resolutions. For example, no matter how hard a designer tries, a site she designed on her desktop PC is not going to look the same on the latest handheld computer or wall-sized home media center. Preventing the user from changing the font size is shortsighted and usually ends up seriously damaging the usability of a website, if not breaking it completely. I have issue with the sentence, “Using values are useful if you do not want the user to be able to increase the size of the font because your site will look incorrect if they did so.” While technically true, it neglects the more important aspect that fixed value fonts are discouraged in good web design. Browsers are constantly changing as are fonts and screen resolutions. For example, no matter how hard a designer tries, a site she designed on her desktop PC is not going to look the same on the latest handheld computer or wall-sized home media center. Preventing the user from changing the font size is shortsighted and usually ends up seriously damaging the usability of a website, if not breaking it completely.

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