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Browser question

Willamena
19-04-2005, 18:58
I use IE 6.0. The appearance of some webpages, when they are opened, is affected by the browser's font, and some not. What makes some webpages immune to client-side font selections, and some not? Is it CSS?
ProMonkians
19-04-2005, 19:01
Are you meaning font size? Some pages specify font size as an absolute value, others specify a percentage or relative size (using CSS)
Randomea
19-04-2005, 19:10
You could always (not to keep advertising, but to save people from IE) try getting another browser. Opera 8 officially came out today, or there's ffox, or many others without the huge holes and flaws that IE has.

Btw. don't try the official Opera site, it's been beseiged y would be O8 owners. Try download.com.)
Willamena
19-04-2005, 19:28
Are you meaning font size? Some pages specify font size as an absolute value, others specify a percentage or relative size (using CSS)
Font size, yes. I want to be able to limit clients from viewing my own webpages in different font sizes, but I am lacking in knowledge of CSS.
ProMonkians
19-04-2005, 19:38
Font size, yes. I want to be able to limit clients from viewing my own webpages in different font sizes, but I am lacking in knowledge of CSS.

I think you can specify an absolute font size like this

font-size:12pt;

although I'm not 100% sure of the top of my head.

BTW, this is considered bad practice for web design as not being able to change the font size may impare visualy-impared users.
UpwardThrust
19-04-2005, 19:41
Font size, yes. I want to be able to limit clients from viewing my own webpages in different font sizes, but I am lacking in knowledge of CSS.
I believe they can be specified in the syle tags at the top of the HTML as well


Here is a coppy of my CSS

Just in-case

h1
{
font-family: "Courier New", courier new, 'sans serif';
font-size: 50px;
color: #ffff66;
background-color: transparent;
}

h2
{
font-family: "Courier New", courier new, 'sans serif';
font-size: 25px;
color: #ffff66;
background-color: transparent;
}

h3
{
font-family: "Courier New", Courier New, 'sans serif';
font-size: 18px;
color: #ffff66;
background-color: transparent;
}
h4
{
font-family: "Courier New", Courier New, 'sans serif';
font-size: 16px;
color: #ffff66;
background-color: transparent;
}
hr
{
color: #ffff66;
background-color: transparent;
}
ul
{
font-family: "Courier New", Courier New, 'sans serif';
font-size: 14px;
color: #dddddd;
background-color: transparent;
}
ol
{
font-family: "Courier New", Courier New, 'sans serif';
font-size: 14px;
color: #dddddd;
background-color: transparent;
}
p
{
font-family: "Trebuchet", Trebuchet, 'sans serif';
color: #dddddd;
font-size: 14px;
background-color: transparent;
}

a:link,a:visited,a:active
{
color: #ffffff;
background-color: transparent;
}

a:hover
{
color: #dddddd;
background-color: transparent;
font-style: italic;
}

body,html
{
background-color: #003333;
font-family: Verdana

scrollbar-3dlight-color: ;
scrollbar-arrow-color: #003333;
scrollbar-base-color: #ffff66;
scrollbar-darkshadow-color:;
scrollbar-face-color:#ffff66;
scrollbar-highlight-color:;
scrollbar-track-color:#003333 ;
scrollbar-shadow-color: ;
}
Willamena
19-04-2005, 20:20
BTW, this is considered bad practice for web design as not being able to change the font size may impare visualy-impared users.
I appreciate that, but it also displaces my graphics when the font size changes.
Swimmingpool
19-04-2005, 20:25
You could always (not to keep advertising, but to save people from IE) try getting another browser. Opera 8 officially came out today, or there's ffox, or many others without the huge holes and flaws that IE has.

Btw. don't try the official Opera site, it's been beseiged y would be O8 owners. Try download.com.)
I use Opera and it's a great browser, but I have a question. I've been planning to buy a digital camera over the internet, which means that roughly €1000 will be sent over the net by credit card. Naturally I want security for this transaction. Where in the Opera window does it tell me that my connection is secure?