Hi Joel,
> On 22 Apr 2015, at 17:49, Joel M. Halpern <jmh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> I have to agree that 12pt produces too large a default. Is there an easy way for me as a user to experiment with what 10pt would look like, so I can comment on that? And is there an easy way for me to try that size on my phone, to see if it seems equally readable there?
I'll set up a bunch of sample pages for you to try out.
Best regards,
Henrik
>
> Thanks,
> Joel
>
>> On 4/22/15 11:42 AM, Paul Wouters wrote:
>>> On Wed, 22 Apr 2015, Henrik Levkowetz wrote:
>>>
>>> ??? You obviously believe that a font size of '1em' or 'medium' is
>>> semantically
>>> more correct than '12pt'. Can you back that up? The CSS 2.1
>>> specification
>>> is very clear about the semantic meaning of point sizes, see Section
>>> 4.3.2 of
>>> the CSS 2.1 specifcaiton.
>>>
>>>> If you don't want to use "1em", please consider "medium", which tells
>>>> the browser to use the default size it believes is best based on
>>>> defaults and configuration by the user.
>>>
>>> That's funny. 'medium' is the default setting, which is what you get
>>> with
>>> 1em. Hilarious :-D
>>
>> Today I thought my browser on my laptop had a bug in it, because it
>> displayed the draft using insanely big letters and I had to hit ctrl "-"
>> to bring the size down to something reasonable. Then I noticed this
>> thread :P
>>
>> Paul
>