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The problem I am having is, font resizing in Netscape and Mozilla. I have some css atributes including;
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<style type="text/css">
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body,td,th {
color: #000000;
font-size: 16px;
font-family: Times New Roman, Times, serif;
the problem is, in MS Explorer, resize option is eliminated, but in Netscape and mozilla, my design is breaking if you resize the text. Is there a snippit of code that will prevent text resizing in most or all browswers?
I mostly work in Flash, but have recently done a bunch of work in html. I would normally use a tile attribute in css to cover the broken areas, but the whole site is done and sliced already. ( not in such a way that I could use current slices to tile in css ) So I would have to all the way back and reslice and export all over again! too much work!
Can anyone help me with this? pleaaaase!
I don't think you'll like this answer, but it's the truth. The trend in browsers is to allow resizing of the text no matter what. And well it should me, IMO. By setting your font sizes in pixels, you've already dictated as much control as there is.
It's a print metaphor that wants to control the font size, but the web is not print - it's a new and different medium. Given the wide variety of equipment and user agents that may access your web pages, flexibility is the metaphor.
If you can already see how to make your page layout more "fluid" or "liquid", then you're ahead of many others. Even though there may be much work involved, it's what the situation demands.
No, there is no way to lock the browsers down. In fact, even IE has an option under Accessibility that allows users to ignore your font settings. And for people whose vision is no longer tops, this is essential.
I guess I was being overly optimistic with this one.....
