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Re: Different fonts in webpages
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lugnet.publish
Date: 
Mon, 11 Oct 1999 11:15:14 GMT
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mattdm@&stopspam&mattdm.org
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Linc Smith <ldsmith@pfc.forestry.ca> wrote:
> Another concern of mine is reproducing intended font size on different
> systems.  Is there  a best way to go about this?  Is +1 +2 the same on all
> systems, or is there a more precise way of indicating size... say like
> "points".

The various font sizes are not even promised to be rendered at different
sizes, according to the official spec. HTML really is not meant to be a page
layout language, despite a lot of changes which make it more so.

--
Matthew Miller                      --->                  mattdm@mattdm.org
Quotes 'R' Us                       --->             http://quotes-r-us.org/



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  Re: Different fonts in webpages
 
.> "Standard" in the sense of standard on Microsoft operating systems, of (...) change (...) viewers (...) This is my concern really. I have a windows system and the fonts that come with using that system. It is the other OS's that I am wondering (...) (27 years ago, 11-Oct-99, to lugnet.publish)

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