Text Size in DreamWeaver's Design View

[kaulbr]

Help! I can't figure this out. I am using CSS in DreamWeaver and when I view tha pages in a browser they look great but when I view them in deisgn view of DW, the text is really small - almost unreadable. I've tried messing around with 'prefs' -> 'font sizes' but it doesn't seem to do anything. I think CSS trumps those settings. I don't understand why the text in design view isn't the same as how it looks in a browser. Anyone know? Any help is greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance.

[Beagle]

Are both showing the same screen resolution?

[kaulbr]

I'm not changing my screen resolution if that is what you are asking. Images, tables...everything else stays exactly the same size, just the text size changes.

[asptony]

Dreamweaver for some reason doesn't "trickle down" the CSS changes in Design view...it takes the STRAIGHT HTML off the page and doesn't look at the CSS...

I've had this problem in the past...not sure if there is an option that can be set or if this is a permanent issue.

[kaulbr]

But if I just make a straight html page with no CSS the text is normal size. As soon as I apply the CSS, it gets really small. I know it's not the size of the font I establish in the CSS because it looks perfect in a browser.

Thanks for your help so far. I really appreicate it. Wish I could figure this out.

[jessejump]

What size are you making the text?

[kaulbr]

I have the text size at 8 points. I read once that using a point size is better than using a pixel size. Maybe that is the problem because when I cahnge it to pixels, it looks fine and previews the same. What's the difference between pixels and points?

Thanks again everyone for your help to this point. This has reallly been bugging me for a while.

[Leosghost]

The explanation doesn't get much more detailed or clearer than this [db.tidbits.com]..

BTW it uses very small text on screen definition of 1074 x 728 'doze ..though mac users will find it even harder to read ..it will explain why ;)

<edited to make sense ..to me>

[kaulbr]

Wow, I think I am even more confused now. So what is recommended - using points or pixels when developing a site?

[asptony]

I might have mis-understood what you meant at first....sorry...i typically use pixels and i could be wrong, but that article sounded like it was a proponent of pixels too

[kaulbr]

Thanks for the replies and info. Using pixels fixed the problem.