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Old 06-01-2006, 09:47 PM Can't get a small enough font
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when you go to http://lontroh.net/html/console.php.htm the console appears awkward because it's so big. if I change the font size to 2 it is too big, 1 is too small, and 1.5 rounds down. Is there a font or something else i can use to get it in-between?

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Old 06-02-2006, 12:26 AM Re: Can't get a small enough font
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Well I'd hardly say that font size of 2 is too big. Looks fine to me at least. Anything smaller would be hard to read, but if you want more contol I'd use css instead of the font tag. You'll have much more control that way and not be limited to the 7 sizes for the font tag.

For that page I'm thinking applying the css on the tables will be easiest so:

table {font-size:10px}

I think <font size="2"> is about 12px which is why I'm guessing 10, but you can play around with different values. I think you'll also need to remove the exisitng font tags or they may override the css. I'm not positive about that though.

Normally I'd say to let your font be larger so it's more accessible, but I think given your site your visitors will be younger and probably not have any difficulty with the smaller fonts.

How's the rest of the site coming along?
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Old 06-02-2006, 07:20 AM Re: Can't get a small enough font
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Change the <font face> with almost identicle but smaller font
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Old 06-02-2006, 01:27 PM Re: Can't get a small enough font
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site is going great, always more problems to solve. I linked an external css file with % and now the font is exactly the way I wanted.
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Old 06-02-2006, 04:33 PM Re: Can't get a small enough font
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Use CSS you can control the style much better with CSS than with HTML add a style to apply to all your TD's or use Classes for styling each element of your site... fonts can go from one pixel to 200.... points.. CSS
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Old 06-02-2006, 06:03 PM Re: Can't get a small enough font
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Better yet, use em or % so that users can scale up the text if needed. Not everybody has 20/20 vision.
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Old 06-02-2006, 11:35 PM Re: Can't get a small enough font
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Yep I agree with the lady above. Even though I didn't mention it in the first post I think it's generally best to allow your visitors to determine what font size they want. They'll appreciate it and maybe even come back more.
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Old 06-10-2006, 03:15 AM Re: Can't get a small enough font
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I recommend styling regular paragraps no smaller than 0.9em Smaler fonts will cause accessibility issues and is in general difficult to read for anyone.
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