Font Size - Point or Pixel?

[housekeeper]

Originally Posted by Simon

there's a lot that applies to mainstream design that just doesn't work for what most of us do here.

ain't it da truth, ain't it da truth...

px seem to be the most common and easy to work with

[raymor]

Point or Pixel?

No! It's none of your business how many pixels my screen has, nor how
big I need it in order to see it clearly. Your business is to emphasize or
de-emphasize text by making one part larger or smaller.

Any of the following CSS size codes are appropriate for a designer.
For example on a copyright notice "smaller", "small" or "x-small" might be
good, but it's none of your business how many pixels is "x-small" to me:

x-small 	Sets the font-size to an extra small size
small 	Sets the font-size to a small size
medium 	Sets the font-size to a medium size. This is default
large 	Sets the font-size to a large size
x-large 	Sets the font-size to an extra large size
xx-large 	Sets the font-size to an xx-large size
smaller 	Sets the font-size to a smaller size than the parent element
larger 	Sets the font-size to a larger size than the parent element

Also a percentage size such as "125%" might make sense, or maybe "70%".
That let's you say you want this text a bit bigger or smaller than the rest,
without making it invisible through my coke bottle glasses. This is especially
important with the recent rise of mobile, though we've seen the same thing
in prior years with WebTV, Playstation, etc. 20 pixels on a TV is 8% of the screen.
20 pixels on most monitors is closer to 2%, so on the TV it's four times times as tall.
On my "dumb" phone, you have no idea what 20 pixels is, but you know that
"larger" will be exactly that - larger than normal.

While writing this, I was on the phone with a guy who has his browser to set
about 32point font by default, because he doesn't see well. If you set either
a point size or a pixel size you'll lose him.

See also:
http://www.w3schools.com/css/pr_font_font-size.asp

[pc]

Originally Posted by raymor

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While writing this, I was on the phone with a guy who has his browser to set
about 32point font by default, because he doesn't see well. If you set either
a point size or a pixel size you'll lose him.

See also:
http://www.w3schools.com/css/pr_font_font-size.asp

combination of ctrl and + should do the trick in most cases

[Toby]

Originally Posted by raymor

While writing this, I was on the phone with a guy who has his browser to set about 32point font by default, because he doesn't see well. If you set either a point size or a pixel size you'll lose him.

Yes, that would be true IF we were selling something technical or complex that required some explanation. But we're not.

We're selling porn. Pics and vids of tits, ass and pussy. The text is there to enhance the pics and for SE spiders, not as the main content.

[raymor]

Originally Posted by Toby

Yes, that would be true IF we were selling something technical or complex that required some explanation. But we're not.

We're selling porn. Pics and vids of tits, ass and pussy. The text is there to enhance the pics and for SE spiders, not as the main content.

or if there is any use to having the text in the first place.
Whether the text is there as the primary content or to enhance the pics,
it should be readable, or it should be gone.

[Toby]

Originally Posted by raymor

or if there is any use to having the text in the first place.
Whether the text is there as the primary content or to enhance the pics,
it should be readable, or it should be gone.

I'll trust my 50+ year old eyes to be a pretty good judge of whether the text on my pages is readable or not for the overwhelming majority of my visitors.