On Wed, 9 Jun 2010, Andy B. wrote: > I have a container that I am making from css. I have a few questions about > fonts: > > 1. I put in the style for the container title font-size: 18M; What exactly > does M do? The font size was REALLY HUGE. I would say around 160pt.
There is no unit "M". Your browser may be interpreting it as "em". > 2. When making font sizes, what is the best guideline for sizes? especially > when you have no idea about the screen size of the page visitor? Use relative sizes: 100% (or 1em) for the main body; 200% (or 2em) for <H1>, etc.. > 3. What is the best font to use for readability? and is there a list of > easily readable fonts out there somewhere? Let the user decide; use the user's preferred font (i.e., don't specify a font). -- Chris F.A. Johnson, <http://cfajohnson.com> Author: Pro Bash Programming: Scripting the GNU/Linux Shell (2009, Apress) Shell Scripting Recipes: A Problem-Solution Approach (2005, Apress) ______________________________________________________________________ css-discuss [[email protected]] http://www.css-discuss.org/mailman/listinfo/css-d List wiki/FAQ -- http://css-discuss.incutio.com/ List policies -- http://css-discuss.org/policies.html Supported by evolt.org -- http://www.evolt.org/help_support_evolt/
