Here a summary of what you can expect from different browsers
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| In my experience browsers round font sizes to the nearest "standard"
| size, unless explicitly set as pixels. I have seen no difference in
| IE between fonts set between 75% and 85%, where 100% is equivalent to
| 12pt text.
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| Ron Symonds
| Microsoft MVP (FrontPage)
| Reply only to group - emails will be deleted unread.
|
| | > Interesting comment. Thanks.
| >
| > But... if I manually format the 85% font to 10 pt with FP, it comes
| > out
| > about the same size. If I manually format the links on the right at
| > 8 pt,
| > they come out about the same size as the 65%.
| >
| > Wally S
| >
| > | >> 85% of my default browser font size (which is "out of the box") is
| >> about 13 or 14 pixels - the body text on your home page. I use 80%
| >> for body text. 80% is approximately the same as 10point text is
| >> rendered in the browser.
| >>
| >> 10 pixels is about the size of the text in your right column -
| >> adequate for a links menu, but too small for body text. I know
| >> several people who find even 14 pixels too small, but they know how
| >> to
| >> increase the font size.
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| >> Ron Symonds
| >> Microsoft MVP (FrontPage)
| >> Reply only to group - emails will be deleted unread.
| >>
| >> | >> > 10-pixel Verdana is quite readable. I use 85% Verdana, which is
| >> > about the
| >> > same, and it's much larger than those teeny-teeny fonts on the
| >> > news
| >> > sites.
| >> >
| >> > If you would like to check out my site, it's
www.dipika.org. If
| >> > you
| >> > find the
| >> > font too small at normal view size, I would appreciate your
| >> > telling
| >> > me.
| >> >
| >> > Wally S
| >> >
| >> > | >> >> Use Enter for a single space between and Shift-Enter for a
| >> >> double
| >> >> space.
| >> >> 6, 8 and even 10 pixels are generally too small to be used on
| >> >> web
| >> >> pages
| >> > ...
| >> >> that is, if youwant folks to read them withour t having to
| >> >> manually
| >> > increase
| >> >> the text size in their browsers.
| >> >> Sounds to me like you need to expolre the HELP files and/or get
| >> >> a
| >> >> good
| >> > book.
| >> >> Are you using tables to layout your pages??
| >> >> This is all pretty basic stuff ... so do some research to get up
| >> >> to
| >> >> speed.
| >> >> Good luck!!
| >> >> Eleanor
| >> >>
| >> >> | >> >> > Hello!
| >> >> > I have huge problems with FP and the way it changes my fonts
| >> >> > and
| >> > spacing.
| >> >> >
| >> >> > Sometimes FP will automatically single space my paragraphs and
| >> >> > other
| >> > times
| >> >> > it will only allow me to double space, unless I manually
| >> >> > change
| >> >> > that.
| >> > AND
| >> >> > then when I do manually change it sometimes I have to set it
| >> >> > at
| >> >> > 6px and
| >> >> > other
| >> >> > times 8-10px - all depends on the day, it looks different each
| >> >> > time.
| >> >> >
| >> >> > Everything looks fine in my 'Normal' view but when I switch to
| >> >> > 'Preview'
| >> >> > all
| >> >> > of the spacing is changed. I will have things double spaced
| >> >> > and
| >> >> > the
| >> >> > 'Preview'
| >> >> > page will show them crammed all together.
| >> >> >
| >> >> > It also changes my fonts. I use standard Windows fonts for the
| >> >> > most
| >> > part -
| >> >> > but sometimes I will italize or bold a word and in the preview
| >> >> > it
| >> >> > will
| >> >> > show
| >> >> > it the exact opposite.
| >> >> >
| >> >> > This really makes things difficult and frustrating. Is there
| >> >> > something I
| >> >> > can
| >> >> > do to fix this? Frontpage 2000 is the version that I have and
| >> >> > Windows
| >> > XP.
| >> >>
| >> >>
| >> >
| >> >
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