[Bug admin|web|git/11934] web pages: small fonts in CSS

["vincent-srcware at vinc17 dot net" <sourceware-bugzilla at sourceware dot org>]

http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=11934

--- Comment #2 from Vincent LefÃvre <vincent-srcware at vinc17 dot net> 2012-02-08 02:11:29 UTC ---
(In reply to comment #1)
> The currently website uses `px' to specify exact font sizes in relation to the
> page layout. We expect users to use browsers scaling support or assistive
> technology to make the page view bigger.

Well, it would be very annoying to have to scale the page each time one goes to
a new site, because each site hardcodes the font size in inconsistent ways.
Moreover not all browsers are able to easily enlarge the page without
reformatting it (so that one doesn't have to do a horizontal scroll after
reading each line). See Nokia's browser for the N900, for instance.

> Using `px' and scaling makes the page
> *much* more readable than using "em" and font size changes. The latter can
> suffer from improper layout and difficult to read enlarged text, while the
> former results in a uniformly scaled website that is easy to scroll and read.

This is plainly wrong. The "em" (or percentage if you prefer) is a relative
font size, so that if you scale the font, every font should be scaled in the
same proportion.

> We don't plan to change this any time soon, but if you still have problems
> reading the page I'd be more than happy to work with you on the problem e.g.
> configuring your browser or other technology.

Actually the current settings now appear to be OK (at least consistent with my
default choices).

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