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You want to see small text on a website?

 
 
Chris F.A. Johnson
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      03-19-2008
On 2008-03-19, C A Upsdell wrote:
> Mike Barnard wrote:
>> Then look at this... with a magnifying glass!
>>
>> http://lexingtoninstitute.org/1240.shtml

>
> One of the problems is that the first font in the font-family list is
> Verdana, which is well known to be harder to read in small sizes. The
> designer clearly has not learned this.


It is exactly the opposite; Verdana is larger than other fonts for
the same point size, and therefore more legible than other fonts
when it is reduced.

The problem is using a font-size other than 100%.

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