Large font characters appear on this particular PC

Despite using css font declarations...

[charlieplane]

Hello all,

A very strange experience. My site looks correct on the 20 or so pc/browser combinations which I got my hand on so far. Yet today I visited a new customer of mine, whose pc/workstation happened to show font text a whole html size (2 instead of 1, 3 instead of 2) larger than as directed per css stylesheet. As a result some text passages did not fit into their assigned space.
Other, different websites shown on this very machine appeared to have "enlarged" fonts as well...
Could this have something to do with personal computer settings? The particular combination is Windows 2000 and Explorer 6, so nothing too unusual...

Thanks in advance for any information.

Charles

[whoisgregg]

Users can set their browsers default font to any size they wish. Typically, users with larger monitors (> 1024x768) will increase their font sizes because the relative size and distance from their screen makes all website designers font choices "tiny." The other likely scenario is users who have difficulty seeing (seniors) need to be able to increase the font size to be able to read anything at all.

If a user preference breaks your CSS layout, you may wish to consider moving to a more fluid design.

[encyclo]

This happens when the user selects to have the text at large rather than medium as the default size. It's ideal for a person with poor eyesight who can adjust his settings in consequence.

If the font size is enlarged on your site in this situation, this is a good thing: it means that your site text remains readable to the person. The problem therefore lies with your assigned "spaces" for your content: you need to make sure that those areas are able to expand adequately with the enlarged text.

[charlieplane]

Thanks a million, guys.

Sure it's so simple that I easily managed to overlook this...

Thanks again!

Charles