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Old 24-06-2007, 13:12   #16 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by funkyprem
had a look at that yahoo stuff when hunting around for backup, but got a little confused by what they've put together.

I thought that the default font-size was 16px on all monitors (obv default settings). so how can 100% of 16px equate to 13px??

the first thing Y!UI's fonts css does is set the font-size of the body element to 13px, and everything is relatively sized via percentages from then on, so 100% = 13px (unless you're dealing with child elements).

it's nice and everything, but i still find 62.5% technique more readable
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