[weldo]

the text is the important part of the page - so visually impaired users are hoping to access the text ... imahges may be switched off anyway - to assist in focusing on the copy ..

[88mph]

Originally Posted by Cascade

not always, people on hi-res screen may use it too

that's true. High Res monitors are pretty unforgiving anyway

Originally Posted by Cascade

also the base size is 1em = 16px, you can see the calculator on riddle.pl set this as default

saw that, useful to be able to change it, very nice tool all round

[seen.to]

Make sure you don't set your body font size in ems as you need a basis for the em. Personally I use 76% for the body which is around 12px and haven't noticed the problems in IE6.

[pgo]

I use the 62.5% method and have never noticed a problem.

[88mph]

Originally Posted by seen.to

Make sure you don't set your body font size in ems as you need a basis for the em. Personally I use 76% for the body which is around 12px and haven't noticed the problems in IE6.

doesn't the em work from browser defaults?

[Shiro]

I'm one of those people with a high res monitor. I'm using my Bravia TV as my monitor, and its across my living room, so I always bump up text sizes by 2 or 3 notches. Images just wouldn't look good if they also resized though.

[88mph]

Originally Posted by haku

I'm one of those people with a high res monitor. I'm using my Bravia TV as my monitor, and its across my living room, so I always bump up text sizes by 2 or 3 notches. Images just wouldn't look good if they also resized though.

i suppose i could use javascript to dynamically shift for a higher res image if one was available