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Re: set font size for entire body via stylesheet
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lugnet.publish.html
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Mon, 2 Feb 2004 22:24:41 GMT
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In lugnet.publish.html, Franklin W. Cain wrote:
> I need some assistance working with a stylesheet.
> I cannot get either Netscape (7.1) or MS IE (6.0)
> to recognize the "font-size" attribute for the
> "body" inside my stylesheet. I've tried these:
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> body { font-family: verdana; font-size: 7pt }
> body { font-size: 7pt; font-family: verdana }
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> ...and neither one works. I'm currently using this:
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> body { font-family: verdana }
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> ...because, while the font *size* is not being
> recognized (and obeyed), the font *family* **is.**
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> Please help!
> Thanks in advance.
> Franklin
Have you tried any of the other value specifications for font-size?
Does x-small not suit your needs? or em|ex|px|pc|mm|cm|in or %?
Just as a check on what is happening in your style sheets and html, I might
suggest trying one of the other ways of specifying font-size, or using the
"font" shorthand property declaration, maybe there is some subsequent
conflicting declaration.
Constantine
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| (...) Well "x-small" would be mostly OK, if it were consistent between platforms. It's larger in MSIE than in Netscape. I need it to always be the same size, regardless of browser used. (...) Do you mean the <FONT> tag? I tried defining "font" in my (...) (21 years ago, 2-Feb-04, to lugnet.publish.html)
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