Does google penalize for using "px" (pixel) font sizes?

[PFOnline]

Hi, i did a search to make sure this hasn't been asked before and didn't find anything.

I like to use px for font sizes because I understand pixel sizes better. But i heard this is controversial because people that have there browser font size default set to "Largest" or "Larger"... there font sizes will not change, they will stay the allotted pixel size.

But my question is, does Google anywhere publicly say they do not prefer or will penalize for using pixels for font sizes?

Thanks

[djgreg]

I don't think so. Why should they penalize for that?

[korkus2000]

But my question is, does Google anywhere publicly say they do not prefer or will penalize for using pixels for font sizes?

No

[PFOnline]

I don't think so. Why should they penalize for that?

Well, i thought maybe some could use it as a spam method (i.e. using a barely visible 1 pixel font size) and just wanted to make sure google wouldnt penalize since i like to use pixels for my font sizes.

I'm just a nervous nelly i guess, lol... :)

Thanks for relieving my worries. :)

[PFOnline]

And the reason why i heard it was controversial to use pixels for font sizes is that some people that are visually impaired need there default font size on there browser set to "Largest" where if you use pixels the font size will stay the same as the pixel size you alotted.

I also need to use the pixel font size method because my site becomes messed up using a "pt" font size method if the visitor has there font size set to anything other than "medium".

[martinibuster]

Why would you want to publish anything with a one pixel font? Anything below 9 px is difficult to read on a macintosh. Nobody can read a 1 px font.

So that in itself may call attention to yourself, at the very least from your competitors and busy-bodies in general. There's always the chance that they will file a spam report... and next thing you know you'll have a scene straight out of Minority Report happening to your web site.

[djgreg]

Well, I think they could penalize text with 1px font.
I thought your question was about px font in general.
I believe that they penalize for 1-2-3-4 pixel font.
But of course i am not sure... ;)

[PFOnline]

Sorry, let me clarify... I'm not using any 1px font sizes! lol... I just thought because that "some" people might do this, that Google may penalize for pixel fonts...

I use no smaller than 10px for my site.

Thanks for clearing this up, now i feel ok about using pixel size fonts. I Just wanted to make sure because I heard about this somewhere. Just always looking out for my site i guess...hehe. :)