Best font sizing scheme?

[mordie]

What is the most recommended way to set font size for my Web site?

I would like my users to be able to resize the text on my pages via the View>Fonts feature in IE or the View>Text Size feature in Firefox.

I'm using a stylesheet with the font set to "100%" and in my pages I have CSS styles such as style="font-size: 1em."

Thing is, my XHTML 1.0 validates. It looks great in IE but comes out way too large in Firefox.

What's going on and what to do about it?

[collymellon]

You could try using the browser standard insted of specific amount, like:

style="font-size: medium" or style="font-size: smaller"

Your text should then tie in with the browser text changer..

[Robin_reala]

You're setting it to 100% and 1em of the browser's default size which is bigger in Firefox than in IE. Istr that you can set a pixel size on the html element then a pecentage/em size on the body, which will set a default base size for everyone yet allow users to resize in IE.