Where is the setting for the default font size in IE6?

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Bonnie Granat

Thanks. I'm trying to figure out how the Smallest, Smaller, Medium, Larger,
Largest setting on the View menu work.

I can find only the Windows XP setting in Display Properties > Appearance >
Font size, which only lets me choose Normal, Large Fonts, and Extra Large
Fonts.

After some experimentation, I've concluded that "Smaller" on the View > Text
Size menu is whatever is specified in the HTML or the style sheet for a
page. But I'm not positive. And when a style sheet says "font-size: 100%,"
what is it 100% *of*? The default font? That's the setting I want to find.
What is the default font? Display Properties says its "Normal" because I
chose that, but what is the measurement? Is it 10 points, 12 points, 9,641
points???????

Confuzzled in Cambridge,
 
H

hardhead

not sure what you want, but you could increse screen res.
to get smaller i guess.
-----Original Message-----
Thanks. I'm trying to figure out how the Smallest, Smaller, Medium, Larger,
Largest setting on the View menu work.

I can find only the Windows XP setting in Display Properties > Appearance >
Font size, which only lets me choose Normal, Large Fonts, and Extra Large
Fonts.

After some experimentation, I've concluded
that "Smaller" on the View > Text
 
B

Bonnie Granat

hardhead said:
not sure what you want, but you could increse screen res.
to get smaller i guess.

Everything is in terms of "smaller" or "larger." Smaller than what? Larger
than what? The only place a font size is available for the computer as a
whole is in the Display Properties dialog box. There, one can choose Normal
or Large and Larger.

Normal? Compared to WHAT?

<sigh>
 

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