css on different platforms

[boyfromoz]

OK. I'm biting the bulet and all my new sites will be style sheeted. Trouble is, though I can set a style sheet to load different values depeneding on platform or browser, I don't know what I should change them too.

eg.

is text bigger on a mac?

Is text smaller in netscape?

what about netscape on a mac and netscape on a pc.

Does anyone no of a resource that gives the values

eg 10pt text in ie6 on pc = 8pt text in ie5 on a mac,

Anyone?

 

[bluranj]

1. use px instead of pt to define font size. px will give output in exact pixels.

2. regardless of browser, pt will size itself as per user preference example : yahoo uses pt instead of px. using ie 5.0+ click view --> text size and click the various options when you visit yahoo to learn how pt works

3. px on other hand is fixed. if you have your css defined in px you will notice that the size doesn't vary irrespective of text size settings

 

[boyfromoz]

you have saved me hours.