Re: FN-FORUM PC check please

date posted 25th April 2001 10:23

Lindsey
I think the solution to your problems might be to specify your font
sizes in the style sheets in pixels rather than points (substitute px
for pt). Because Macs work on a standard of 72 pixels per inch screen
resolution and windows on 96 pixels per inch, point sizes get
interpreted differently between the platforms. Mac IE 5 seems to work
to the same standard as PCs on font sizes whereas Netscape sticks to
the original standard (as did IE 4)
Bit of a minefield, but as far as I can see the use of px to specify
font sizes is the safest.

James
www.basilisk.co.uk

>Hi
>
>I wonder if some of you could check this (unfinished) site on a PC. The only
>button that works is 'Aqualisa' the 2nd one down.
>
>http://www.apperleydesign.co.uk/barwick/index.html
>
>I have a problem with type sizes. The body text in 14pt looked fine in
>Dreamweaver, but when viewed in IE OR Netscape (so it can't be browser
>settings) it looks loads bigger.
>
>I don't really want a scroll bar on the left navigation but I can't see all
>the list on my iMac so I may have to.
>
>Thanks
>
>--
>Lindsey Hill
>www.apperleydesign.co.uk