Kopretinka: Comments on Old webdesign grudge http://www.jacek.cz/blog/comments.xml 2005-04-22T13:02:30Z Movable Type 3.31 Comment by Stefan Tilkov http://www.jacek.cz/blog/archives/2005/04/old_webdesign_g/#comment-197 2005-04-21T21:29:10Z 2005-04-21T21:29:10Z Well, at least I'm not alone:

http://www.mezzoblue.com/archives/2003/11/26/font_size_no/

Would it be better from your perspective if I used em units instead of pixels? If I did, would you expect me to leave the body text size at 1em?

I definitely do appreciate the feedback - I'd love to do what's right, I just don't know what it is :-)

]]> Stefan Tilkov http://www.innoq.com/blog/st/ Comment by jacek http://www.jacek.cz/blog/archives/2005/04/old_webdesign_g/#comment-199 2005-04-22T13:02:30Z 2005-04-22T13:02:30Z Hi Stefan, I thought I submitted my comment and then I didn't, so here goes again. 8-)

To answer your questions: not necessarily and yes: I would expect you to leave the body text size at 1em, but how you choose the other sizes depends on the context; text that is somehow combined with the body text (listings, perhaps) should use em units to follow the default settings; text in a box wide a specific number of pixels can have size specified in pixels as well, understandably.

The linked article says are good points that I disagree with. I see no excuse for toying with the size of the main textual content (body), which is expected to be read. The author of the article would call me naive, perhaps, but I do think the problem with the default being too big for most people (most of whom cannot be bothered to change their defaults) will go away gradually.

And finally wow! I didn't expect you guys to be so responsive to my grudge. 8-)

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