Restricting Browser Text Size Setting

[mark4man]

Hey...

The style:

body
{
font-size: medium
}

...is that used to restrict the browser's text size setting (for example...IE; View > Text Size)...

or is there another snippet for this I'm not aware of?

I want to be able to have my browser's text size remain at medium, for all that view the site.

Thanks,

mark4man

[rmedek]

No, that's based off of the default browser setting; i.e. if the default browser setting is 16px then "medium" will be somewhere around 16px.

There's no way to restrict the text-size in the browser; it's one of the challenges of designing web pages rather than static print pages. IE 6 won't resize pixels (i.e., if you use p {font-size: 12px;} then the text will always be 12px) but IE 7 will and so will every other browser out there. You could use Flash or make everything one big image if you're desperate and don't care about a good user experience.

[mark4man]

Richard...

I know that tables (for example) will resize to accomodate changes in browser text size. But I like to design w/ layers...'cause it's like a graphic illustrator doing paste up...or like designing graphic illustrations in photoshop or illustrator. With tables, I don't know how to make them overlap; & I utilize overlapping images & text quite a lot (&...I don't even think they can.) I guess there's a way to do it w/ styles, but I'm not that advanced, yet.

Oy Vey...

Thanks,

mark4man