Tim Dawson wrote:
> Why does Internet Explorer show fonts in heavier weights than
> Firefox, and what can I do about it, please ?
I don't think it does. There can be differences in rendering text even when
your style sheet specifies all font properties exactly, but I don't think
it's a font weight issue.
> Pages which I've created, using {font-size: small; font-weight:
> normal;} in imported style sheets appear as I want them in Firefox3,
> but when I check in IE7 and IE6 the text appears much heavier (almost
> bold).
Which pages? I looked at the page you mentioned,
> http://www.holidaymullandiona.co.uk/pages/home.php
on IE 7 and FF 3 and cannot see a difference in copy text rendering. On a
different monitor, or with different settings (e.g., one browser set to use
font smoothing and another not), it might be different.
> div#txtcol {font-size: small; font-weight: lighter;}
>
> but it makes no difference. Perhaps IE doesn't support font-weight
> too well ? (Other conditional formatting hacks do work OK for me)
Generally, font-weight values smaller than normal are treated as if normal
were declared. Few fonts have lighter versions, and for those that have,
browsers might be incapable of using them. They could try automating
lightening, but that would very easily result in a typographic catastrophe,
so it's probably good that they don't try.
>
> I've looked at other sites in FF3 and IE7, and they seem to have
> solved the problem. I just haven't worked it out yet, and would be
> grateful for help, please.
>
> http://www.holidaymullandiona.co.uk/pages/home.php
>
> Tim Dawson
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