font size in px or in pt

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    for font size we need to use px or pt ? eg. 8 px or 10 pt and what about table width should be in px or in pt
     
    Jalpari, Jul 22, 2007 IP
  2. Dan Schulz

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    8px text will be impossible to read, as will 10pt text (though 10pt text will be near-impossible).

    Rather than setting your font-size in either px or pt, why not respect what the user has their font size set to and base your document structure off of that?
     
    Dan Schulz, Jul 22, 2007 IP
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    soulscratch Well-Known Member

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    If its a fixed width layout, go for pixels. If its elastic/fluid then go for ems/percentages. Just make sure the text is readable, like minimum font size for Arial IMO is around 11 or 12, 10 is unreadable.
     
    soulscratch, Jul 22, 2007 IP
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    You can still use %/EM on a fixed-width layout (via the BODY selector), but you should use px for everything else (again, on a fixed width layout).
     
    Dan Schulz, Jul 22, 2007 IP
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    You may want to read my post here on the subject:
    http://forums.digitalpoint.com/showpost.php?p=3688881&postcount=2

    Again with the crowd, anything less than 12px is a total /FAIL/ - and I usually consider 14px minimum for anything content related... Though I prefer 10 and 11pt since those obey the "system metric" in every browser.
     
    deathshadow, Jul 23, 2007 IP