Font Size what is best option?

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Extemely basic question
What font size option is best to use
em
px
or other
cheers
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You're welcome.
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"B" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> Thanks Murray
>
> --
> B
>
http://www.visit-the-coqui.com
> If you are thinking of a vacation to Puerto Rico
>
>
http://www.thegadgettraveler.com
> Travel gadget and other news here
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> "Murray *ACE*" <[email protected]>
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>> All of them. Any of them.
>>
>> If you use px, then users of IE will not be able to
resize their text in
>> the browser (for readability purposes) without
enabling the accessability
>> options. All other browser users will have no
problems resizing text.
>> In addition, a px metric is an absolute metric -
this means that it sets
>> the character size independently of any other font
size specification
>> elsewhere on the page. This latter characteristic is
also the case when
>> you use the font size names (xx-small, x-small,
small, medium, large,
>> x-large).
>>
>> If you use any of the other metrics (i.e., percents,
em, en, ex), then
>> you will get a RELATIVE size, that is one that
depends on some 'going in'
>> value. For example, a page that contains an explicit
declaration like
>> this -
>>
>> body { font-size:1em; }
>>
>> will size ALL text (unless otherwise sized by other
CSS rules) at the
>> browser's default size.
>>
>> A page with an explicit declaration like this -
>>
>> body { font-size:.5em; }
>>
>> will size ALL text at half the browser's default
size.
>>
>> These relative metrics can be tricky to use since
they will be part of
>> the inheritance/cascade of CSS styles. For example,
on a page that has
>> these rules -
>>
>> body { font-size:.5em; }
>> #container { font-size:.4em; }
>>
>> any content in the #container element will be sized
at 40% of 50% of the
>> default size, or 20% of the default.
>>
>> If you want your pages to be totally elastic, and
totally accessable,
>> then using a relative font metric if the norm.
>>
>>
>> --
>> Murray --- ICQ 71997575
>> Adobe Community Expert
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so!)
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>> "B" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>> news:[email protected]...
>>> Extemely basic question
>>>
>>> What font size option is best to use
>>>
>>> %
>>> em
>>> px
>>>
>>> or other
>>>
>>> cheers
>>>
>>> --
>>> B
>>>
http://www.visit-the-coqui.com
>>> If you are thinking of a vacation to Puerto Rico
>>>
>>>
http://www.thegadgettraveler.com
>>> Travel gadget and other news here
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
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