user-controlled font size 44 Responses

Last post: 8 months, 3 weeks ago | Thread started: Mar 3, 08, 9:45 a.m.

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• nocomply

  Have any of you ever set up a website with buttons that let the user control the font size of the page?

  I'm looking for some good how-to links and not having much luck. If you got any please share the wealth!

  thanks

  Mar 3, 08, 9:45 a.m. – Permalink

• editor

  It's all about setting up separate style sheets and allowing users to select between them.

  http://www.alistapart.com/articl…

  

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  Dog-earMar 3, 08, 9:52 a.m. – Permalink

• Stugoo

  normally build with font size:62.5% wioth 1em = 10px,

  increase that percentage on the body tag and it will all go up, :)
  hope it helps

  • best advice/method– jonatne1/4

    body { font-size:62.5%;}
    p{ font-size:1em;} =
    p{font-size:10px;}– Stugoo2/4

    whats with the equal sign?– geralddean3/4

    He's saying by using 62.5% in the body tag when you use 1em for the paragraph tag it will equal 10px or 1.2em = 12px etc..– voiceof4/4

  

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  Dog-earMar 3, 08, 9:54 a.m. – Permalink

• nocomply

  Editor - I saw that article and thought since it was written in 2002 maybe there was a better way??

  Stugoo - Are you suggesting that I use some js to dynamically change the css font-size attribute applied to the body element?

  I wasn't sure if people use JS to switch out an entire style sheet, or simply use JS to change one css rule dynamically

  

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  Dog-earMar 3, 08, 10:06 a.m. – Permalink

• neverblink

  Just make sure you set the font sizes in EMs, that way people can simply change the size by adjusting it in their browser.
  I know, not everyone's granny knows that this is a option in their browser, but I think the people that really need it (visually impared) know.

  

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  Dog-earMar 3, 08, 11:18 a.m. – Permalink