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Old 11-11-2005, 08:54 PM
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Re the great font size debate--

Best use according to the css experts at css-discuss suggests using 100.01% on the body (makes Opera play nicely) then defining in either ems or percentages from there on the inner elements. This allows fonts to scale (pixel defined fonts will not scale in IE, the browser used, unfortunately, by the majority), avoids the major bugs (like the one in IE that's kicked off when you define fonts in em on the body) and is Bobby safe for accessibility which could be important going forward since more and more countries are legislating accessibility. Pixels or points to define font size are a huge "worst use."
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