Re: How Can I Controll Text Size on My Website?

vunet.us@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
We know that users have an ability to set a large or small text size
in their browsers. WHat is the way, however, to display certain web
content with a font's fixed size, no matter what settings are used by
a user's browser? Thanks.


To fix a user’s font size is to fail to understand the basic nature of the Internet. The user’s method of viewing your web site shouldn’t matter - the content should be equally accessible no matter what device they use and what font size, or if images are turned off, etc., etc..

And Accessibility is a big issue. While you wouldn’t normally consider my father to be “disabled” - he can read just fine with a pair of reading glasses and his arms outstretched - he is considered disabled when it comes to web usability. For him to read a site with small-ish text (or text that can be resized) is like for one of us to read a newspaper with text only 3 mm tall. It becomes very hard and very frustrating.

Reconsider your attempt to permanently fix fonts to a specific size. Not only can other browsers get around this (Firefox ignores it, and Opera can zoom in), but creating a liquid or text-size-insensitive layout will benefit you in the future when different display devices come out.

Yes, it is harder to do, but it is well worth the effort.

I hope this helps.
...Geshel
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