From owner-freebsd-www@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Sep 15 17:55:37 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-www@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-www@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9796116A41F; Thu, 15 Sep 2005 17:55:37 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from soc-emily@freebsd.org) Received: from vorlon.rememberthemilk.com (vorlon.rememberthemilk.com [72.21.39.91]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 437CC43D46; Thu, 15 Sep 2005 17:55:35 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from soc-emily@freebsd.org) Received: from localhost (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by vorlon.rememberthemilk.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id EA501D4002; Thu, 15 Sep 2005 17:55:34 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vorlon.rememberthemilk.com ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (vorlon.rememberthemilk.com [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 00699-06; Thu, 15 Sep 2005 17:55:33 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [131.229.164.227] (unknown [131.229.164.227]) by vorlon.rememberthemilk.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id EB552D4001; Thu, 15 Sep 2005 17:55:32 +0000 (UTC) Message-ID: <4329B58A.7040207@freebsd.org> Date: Thu, 15 Sep 2005 13:55:22 -0400 From: Emily Boyd User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.2 (Windows/20050317) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Erich Dollansky References: <20050915051003.GK27537@freebsdmall.com> <43290F06.8080103@pacific.net.sg> <1126764560.582.4.camel@dude.automatvapen.se> <4329116D.2040205@pacific.net.sg> In-Reply-To: <4329116D.2040205@pacific.net.sg> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at rememberthemilk.com Cc: freebsd-www@freebsd.org, freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Moving to the new website redesign X-BeenThere: freebsd-www@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: FreeBSD Project Webmasters List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 15 Sep 2005 17:55:37 -0000 Erich, >> You can adjust the text-size, check the upper-right corner on the >> website. >> > There would be no need for this if absolute values for the size would be > used. When I did the postgresql.org website, I did a fair bit of research on best practices for CSS font sizing. I've used percentages that were specifically chosen as they equal standard web font sizes; they have been tested extensively and look the same on every browser/platform. The method I've used is also the best for accessibility as it does not override the user's preferences and allows font resizing in every browser. The font size used is pretty standard (used by Microsoft, IBM, etc); here's a quick comparison of body text sizes that I did while working on postgresql.org (the new FreeBSD site uses the same font): http://www.emilyboyd.com/design/freebsd/body_text_comparison.png Regards, Emily