text size in IE 5.x

Hi all

I've been working on a site, in which I had to use tables for layout,
but I've used CSS to style the text and a few other things.

http://www.cultuurnet.be/

The site seems to work as intended in virtually any browser (according
to browsercam), except for IE 5.x/Win and Opera 6/Mac, where the huge
text size breaks the layout (as can be seen on
http://www.browsercam.com/projects/119866/1975207.jpg). Unfortunately, I
can't seem to find anyone with IE 5.x/Win to test this page for me while
making tweaks, so I'm hoping that any of you might be able to help me
solve this problem by pointing me in the right direction. Any help would
be greatly appreciated.

Thanks!
DK

Der Kommissar wrote:

Hi all

I've been working on a site, in which I had to use tables for layout,
but I've used CSS to style the text and a few other things.

http://www.cultuurnet.be/

I've put up a new stylesheet that might work, but I couldn't test it. If
anyone has IE5.x/Mac, please feel free to let me know if that solves the
problem:

http://statik.be/misc/cultuurnet/

Thanks again!

On Sat, 11 Dec 2004 12:49:59 +0100, Der Kommissar
<der.kommissar (AT) invalid (DOT) invalid> wrote:

I've been working on a site, in which I had to use tables for layout,
but I've used CSS to style the text and a few other things.

http://www.cultuurnet.be/

[or <http://statik.be/misc/cultuurnet/>]

I don't see anything that requires tables for layout.

The site seems to work as intended in virtually any browser

Although I like the first impression the page makes, I don't like the
fixed width design of it all and certainly think the font size of your
main text is way too small to be able to read it comfortably, especially
those parts of text that are projected over a darkish picture. If I
enlarge the page to be able to read it comfortably, the fixed width design
makes the canvas too large for my viewport, thus a horizontal scrollbar.
But, hey, if you intended it this way.

(according to browsercam),

Although that site gives you a good first impression of how your pages
might look with various browsers, there is no thing better than the real
thing. You don't know what the minimum size for fonts is, for example,
that your visitor has set for his or her browser.

except for IE 5.x/Win and Opera 6/Mac, where the huge text size breaks
the layout

No, it is not the text size breaking the layout. It is a flaw in your
design. Create a liquid design
<http://www.google.com/search?q=liquid+design> and leave it up to your
visitor what the font size of the main text should be.



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Der Kommissar wrote:

Der Kommissar wrote:
Hi all

I've been working on a site, in which I had to use tables
for layout, but I've used CSS to style the text and a few
other things.

http://www.cultuurnet.be/

I've put up a new stylesheet that might work, but I
couldn't test it. If anyone has IE5.x/Mac, please feel free
to let me know if that solves the problem:

http://statik.be/misc/cultuurnet/

No, it didn't solve the problem, it made it worse (IE5 on
Windows): the page is now left-aligned instead of centered.

You used pixels for the font, which means IE can't resize
them.
However, somehow IE5 does resize them, while IE6 can't. And it
just seems the standard font-size for IE5 is bigger than for
IE6? No idea. But I like my font-sizes to be resizable.

May I tell you that the layout breaks in Firebird too? Just
when I make the font bigger? I think IE6 might be the only
browser that doesn't break the layout (on trying to resize the
font), but that's only cause I haven't got a minimum font-size
defined in my IE6.

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