Re: Screen resolutions vs. web site legibility

[crossposted to, and followups set for, c.i.w.a.stylesheets]

Dave wrote:

A friend of mine pointed out the other day that certain elements on my web
site are too small.

It's possible that his/her browser is configured incorrectly.

But in most of what I publish, fonts are at default size or smaller, and
my images are easy to see. I am viewing at 800x600 right now by the way,
because that's what I can comfortably see.

Times New Roman default pitch is what - 12px?

Who says they have Times New Roman installed *at all*? "World Wide Web
browser" does not imply "PC running the latest Microsoft Windows".

And default font size can be anywhere between, say, 6px and 60px, sometimes
even outside those ranges.

With people increasing their screen resolutions, is it possible for
"default size to ever become too small in the future?

The size of 1em will never become too small in the future. Anything else,
especially based in something like px units, makes assumptions about the
user's system that will likely be horribly wrong at some point.

--
Shawn K. Quinn

Five answers to this question! Thanks a bunch. Hey, by the way...

So you guys are saying that the font size should be regulated as 100%
of...itself? And what does the "em" font measurement stand for?

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- Dave
http://members.cox.net/grundage/
"Shawn K. Quinn" <skquinn (AT) xevious (DOT) kicks-ass.net> wrote

[crossposted to, and followups set for, c.i.w.a.stylesheets]

Dave wrote:

A friend of mine pointed out the other day that certain elements on my
web
site are too small.

It's possible that his/her browser is configured incorrectly.

But in most of what I publish, fonts are at default size or smaller, and
my images are easy to see. I am viewing at 800x600 right now by the way,
because that's what I can comfortably see.

Times New Roman default pitch is what - 12px?

Who says they have Times New Roman installed *at all*? "World Wide Web
browser" does not imply "PC running the latest Microsoft Windows".

And default font size can be anywhere between, say, 6px and 60px,
sometimes
even outside those ranges.

With people increasing their screen resolutions, is it possible for
"default size to ever become too small in the future?

The size of 1em will never become too small in the future. Anything else,
especially based in something like px units, makes assumptions about the
user's system that will likely be horribly wrong at some point.

--
Shawn K. Quinn