Hi all,
I have implemented a dynamic menu system which uses layering to pop up cascading
menu.
The problem I have is that the web was developed in the Windows platform
with font size set to "Small Fonts" (systems display setting of windows,
NOT the browser text size) and everything was as expected.
However when the page was displayed on a PC with the Windows text size set
to "Large Fonts", the text size became larger and the absolute positioning
of the layers gets out of place.
Does anyone know of a way to override the FontSize setting of the operating
system and use the font size specified in the web page?? I'm sure this could
be done because I have visited web pages with my PC's font setting set to
"Large" and everything gets displayed properly.
Thanks in advance!!
12-07-2000, 02:23 PM
Patrick Steele
Re: Font Size
In article <3a2f84e6$1@news.devx.com>, rl1999@bigfoot.com says...
>
> Hi all,
> I have implemented a dynamic menu system which uses layering to pop up cascading
> menu.
> The problem I have is that the web was developed in the Windows platform
> with font size set to "Small Fonts" (systems display setting of windows,
> NOT the browser text size) and everything was as expected.
> However when the page was displayed on a PC with the Windows text size set
> to "Large Fonts", the text size became larger and the absolute positioning
> of the layers gets out of place.
>
> Does anyone know of a way to override the FontSize setting of the operating
> system and use the font size specified in the web page?? I'm sure this could
> be done because I have visited web pages with my PC's font setting set to
> "Large" and everything gets displayed properly.
>
> Thanks in advance!!
>
Try using a specific point size. This is just a guess.
Patrick Steele <patrick@neovisionsystems.com> wrote:
>In article <3a2f84e6$1@news.devx.com>, rl1999@bigfoot.com says...
>>
>> Hi all,
>> I have implemented a dynamic menu system which uses layering to pop up
cascading
>> menu.
>> The problem I have is that the web was developed in the Windows platform
>> with font size set to "Small Fonts" (systems display setting of windows,
>> NOT the browser text size) and everything was as expected.
>> However when the page was displayed on a PC with the Windows text size
set
>> to "Large Fonts", the text size became larger and the absolute positioning
>> of the layers gets out of place.
>>
>> Does anyone know of a way to override the FontSize setting of the operating
>> system and use the font size specified in the web page?? I'm sure this
could
>> be done because I have visited web pages with my PC's font setting set
to
>> "Large" and everything gets displayed properly.
>>
>> Thanks in advance!!
>>
>
>Try using a specific point size. This is just a guess.
>
><font style="font-size: 8pt;">...</font>
>
>--
>Patrick Steele
>(patrick@neovisionsystems.com)
>http://www.neovisionsystems.com
>Microsoft MCP
I have actually done that in my coding and specifying the font size but the
system seems to override it.
12-11-2000, 11:04 PM
R.Rajkumar
Re: Font Size
Hi,
Check if the Browser overrides all font sizes. This option is available
in Internet Explorer menu Tools-Internet Options-Accessibility-Ignore font
sizes specified on web pages.
"Roe" <rl1999@bigfoot.com> wrote:
>
>Patrick Steele <patrick@neovisionsystems.com> wrote:
>>In article <3a2f84e6$1@news.devx.com>, rl1999@bigfoot.com says...
>>>
>>> Hi all,
>>> I have implemented a dynamic menu system which uses layering to pop up
>cascading
>>> menu.
>>> The problem I have is that the web was developed in the Windows platform
>>> with font size set to "Small Fonts" (systems display setting of windows,
>>> NOT the browser text size) and everything was as expected.
>>> However when the page was displayed on a PC with the Windows text size
>set
>>> to "Large Fonts", the text size became larger and the absolute positioning
>>> of the layers gets out of place.
>>>
>>> Does anyone know of a way to override the FontSize setting of the operating
>>> system and use the font size specified in the web page?? I'm sure this
>could
>>> be done because I have visited web pages with my PC's font setting set
>to
>>> "Large" and everything gets displayed properly.
>>>
>>> Thanks in advance!!
>>>
>>
>>Try using a specific point size. This is just a guess.
>>
>><font style="font-size: 8pt;">...</font>
>>
>>--
>>Patrick Steele
>>(patrick@neovisionsystems.com)
>>http://www.neovisionsystems.com
>>Microsoft MCP
>
>I have actually done that in my coding and specifying the font size but
the
>system seems to override it.
>
12-14-2000, 10:41 AM
Wendy Bossons
Re: Font Size
As far as I know, you can't override the large font setting on the user's
computer. However, you may be able to "fudge" the positioning by using percentages
in the left setting so that instead of a layer being 400 pixels from the
left, you would specify that it be 40% from the left.
Wendy B.
"Roe" <rl1999@bigfoot.com> wrote:
>
>Hi all,
>I have implemented a dynamic menu system which uses layering to pop up cascading
>menu.
>The problem I have is that the web was developed in the Windows platform
>with font size set to "Small Fonts" (systems display setting of windows,
>NOT the browser text size) and everything was as expected.
>However when the page was displayed on a PC with the Windows text size set
>to "Large Fonts", the text size became larger and the absolute positioning
>of the layers gets out of place.
>
>Does anyone know of a way to override the FontSize setting of the operating
>system and use the font size specified in the web page?? I'm sure this could
>be done because I have visited web pages with my PC's font setting set to
>"Large" and everything gets displayed properly.
>
>Thanks in advance!!
12-28-2000, 03:28 AM
Simone
Re: Font Size
The problem I think is in the browser permissions. I read in fact that the
browser can override the choice of the size of the font if the option is
set. Otherwise if you specify a font size using CSS style (with points or
pixels) that size cannot be changed (unless the browser has the permission
to override this property).
Anyway go here for a font essay... http://www.webreference.com/new/font/
