Re: Why all the tiny print?

From: Blaine Fallis <b_at_modernjazz.com>
Date: Thu 10 Oct 2002 10:58:17 -0500

HTML fonts look worse the larger they get, since they are not anti-aliased.
The jaggies get more and more noticeable as the size increases. So
designers try to limit that by setting the font size down just a tad...
generally size = -1 is acceptable.

However, if you're monitor is set to, say, 1600X1200 or 1280X1024, you're
going to see everything smaller than people looking on at 800X600. That's
you're choice, too. Designers using HTML as their output source have to
deal with an imperfect end result for the most part, knowing that various
users will have different settings.

In IE I can go to _View and pull down Text Size and select between Largest,
Larger, Medium, Smaller, and Smallest. So between you monitor settings and
your TEXT Size settings in your browser, you should get the results you want.

Now, it's true that on occasion I have seen designers using what's probably
Font size = -2 or even -3 and that's too much, unless it's copyright info
etc. On my sites I usually use -1 and that's what seems to be standard for
readable text.

http://modernjazz.com
http://overcomers.org
http://myhousemortgage.net

and that should be readable enough. Is it?

Hey, I'm Blaine with
"A" Train Domains
http://ATrainDomains.com







Received on Thu Oct 10 2002 - 10:58:17 CDT