<grin> Disagreement noted. I'll grant you that small fonts CAN look good in some instances, but I haven't found very many instances in which a larger font or just a larger font size looked better and/or more readable.

But you do make the point that they are being used a lot right now, and that's partially why I made this article. :)

I think screen resolutions will be stable for a while as flat panel technology comes into the picture and they find new ways of increasing max resolutions. So for a while, it'll probably stay "cool" to use small fonts.

Then again, it will also depend on the type of site you're designing. A teen/young person's techie site may utilize 2 pt. grey text that says "b4d4zz h4x0r" against a black background. A design site might use grossly-oversized fonts as design elements, while a car insurance site strives for normal, readable text. :)

Point taken, though. $jScott_Harris++;

I'm such a nerd.

- Jonathan