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Sizing fonts - revisited? · CSS · / 31 05 2004 - 02:48

There are probably a lot of resources on how to resize your fonts. But why should you make your fonts resizable?

Pixels are a very popular way of setting font size. With these you know what the page is going to look like across browsers. The problem with pixels is that IE PC is incapable of resizing them.

So why not using ems?

Ems can be resized by all browsers. The problem is IE PC will take sub 1 em sized text and display it as microscopic when the user has their browser set at Smaller. And many IE PC users surf at Smaller: it makes default text a nice readable size, yet doesn’t adjust pixels. So ems don’t work.

Or do they work? Yes, they do work and the solution is simple and elegant:

Set your P element at 1.0 em, and then downsize the whole thing by selecting size in BODY with %, like 76%. I use 76% because that seems to give the best result for me.

Kudos go to Owen Brigs over at The Noodle Incident who came up with the idea.

He tested 264 possibilities and you can read all about it here.

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A boss and web standards · CSS · / 30 05 2004 - 04:33

Today i was browsing Zeldmans’ Daily Report archives and stumbled into this hilarious conversation between a developer and his boss:

BOSS: “Our redesign budget is x Canadian dollars and I want the site to only work in IE.”

DEVELOPER: “Um, boss? If we use web standards our site will work in any browser. Won’t cost a dime more and won’t take any more time to build.”

BOSS:”Hey, hot shot, whose name do you see at the top of this org chart?”

DEVELOPER: “Yours, boss.”

BOSS: “And what does that make me?”

DEVELOPER: “That makes you the boss, boss.”

BOSS: “And what does the boss want?”

DEVELOPER: “You want a site that will fail for anyone who isn’t using IE.”

BOSS: “I’m glad we’re clear on that.”

DEVELOPER: “You’re the boss.”

Discouraged? · CSS · / 28 05 2004 - 01:38

Ever think that you will not get that project 100% correct? Don’t worry:

“A common mistake that people make when trying to design something completely foolproof is to underestimate the ingenuity of complete fools.” – Douglas Adams

"feature creep" · Design · / 27 05 2004 - 01:21

So you are finished with a project and sitting back, thinking “hey, i’ve done a great job. The client will be super satisfied”. You’re already thinking about the bucks flying your way… and then the client comes up with “little” adjustments: “Can we just add…”, “Wouldn’t it be good if…”

Sounds familiar? Well, there’s an easy cure for this disease: Andy over at Stuff and Nonsense has posted an excellent article on how to deal with it, called “Getting client sign-off”. After reading it, your life will be easier :-)

Creative Commons announces new 2.0 licenses · Design · / 26 05 2004 - 17:17

As you can tell, my site (including my templates) is under a Creative Commons license. Creative Commons has now announced version 2.0 of the main Creative Commons licenses.

The new version has several improvements, making it easier to implement the license.

The full explanation is situated here.

CSS Beauty · CSS · / 26 05 2004 - 01:59

CSS Beauty has restyled their site. It uses nice pastel tints, drop shadows,... A real eyecatcher.

CSS & Forms · CSS · / 22 05 2004 - 19:37

Man in blue has an experimental section where Forms are done with CSS.

Quite interesting. You can check it here.

Peachy? · Small talk · / 22 05 2004 - 15:59

Summer is slowly moving in. I still have some days left i can take off from work and i just cleaned up my motorcycle. The beast is ready to go: new battery, fuelled up and waiting :-)

Seems like everything is peachy, doesn’t it? Well, not everything: my break up with the girlfriend is still haunting me and ‘till this day it weighs heavily upon my soul. It still seems a huge part of me is missing and i can’t get it back. Ah, women! Why do they have to tear us apart? Anybody has an answer to this?

WebDev Gumbo · CSS · / 14 05 2004 - 21:13

WebDev Gumbo: a site with lots of css goodies. Also check out the “Sites we love” section.

A nice form added · CSS · / 11 05 2004 - 22:45

With a lot of help by my friend and partner in cyber fiddling Gordon, i have added a nice comments form on my templates page. So whenever you would like to use one of my templates (hey, i’m always optimistic lol), just leave some feedback :-).

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