font-size: 100%;

[Nicolai P. Zwar]

Hmmm, all really interesting points. I appreciate all the insight. I'll
definitely consider revising my way of thinking on this subject

I had to do this too. I had already coded two sites in Verdana. It was
only when I had already put them up on the web that I decided to do a
last check with Linux, and I found out that the font size (which I had
reduced to 80%, just like you) looked too small. I had chosen Verdanda
which wasn't installed on my rudimetary Linux system. (Thank Heaven I
used CSS, so re-coding those sites was no problem at all.) So you're not
the first one to run into this trap, if this helps any.

 

[jamslam]

I had to do this too. I had already coded two sites in Verdana. It was
only when I had already put them up on the web that I decided to do a
last check with Linux, and I found out that the font size (which I had
reduced to 80%, just like you) looked too small. I had chosen Verdanda
which wasn't installed on my rudimetary Linux system. (Thank Heaven I
used CSS, so re-coding those sites was no problem at all.) So you're not
the first one to run into this trap, if this helps any.

Well, if it isn't installed on Linux, it would just use the next font
stated, correct? (In my case arial.) Since verdana is normally large at
100%, I set it to 80%. Now, what if I found another very common font similar
to verdana's proportion in size? Then, linux would revert to that font
(assuming it is installed) and thus display it as intended. This is of
course, there are two other very common fonts out there similar to verdana
in it's proportion. Am I making any sense here? Or am I just crazy...

-jamslam

 

[Nicolai P. Zwar]

Well, if it isn't installed on Linux, it would just use the next font
stated, correct? (In my case arial.)

Yes, it would.

Since verdana is normally large at
100%, I set it to 80%. Now, what if I found another very common font similar
to verdana's proportion in size? Then, linux would revert to that font
(assuming it is installed) and thus display it as intended. This is of
course, there are two other very common fonts out there similar to verdana
in it's proportion. Am I making any sense here? Or am I just crazy...

No, you are making sense, except that the most common font with the font
type size of Verdana is, well, Verdana (which is, according to some web
statistics from 2002 I've got around, installed on 89% of Windows
systems and even 92% on Mac systems... probably because it ships with
the MS-IE).
Other common sans-serif fonts are Helvetica or Arial, but they have a
smaller (or, perhaps better put, "regular") font type size. I don't
think you can really get more common that that.

 

[Kris]

I had to do this too. I had already coded two sites in Verdana. It was
only when I had already put them up on the web that I decided to do a
last check with Linux, and I found out that the font size (which I had
reduced to 80%, just like you) looked too small. I had chosen Verdanda
which wasn't installed on my rudimetary Linux system. (Thank Heaven I
used CSS, so re-coding those sites was no problem at all.) So you're not
the first one to run into this trap, if this helps any.

Well, if it isn't installed on Linux, it would just use the next font
stated, correct? (In my case arial.) Since verdana is normally large at
100%, I set it to 80%. Now, what if I found another very common font similar
to verdana's proportion in size? Then, linux would revert to that font
(assuming it is installed) and thus display it as intended. This is of
course, there are two other very common fonts out there similar to verdana
in it's proportion. Am I making any sense here? Or am I just crazy... [/QUOTE]

You just illustrated why Verdana is a bad choice.