[pmwiki-devel] current font sizes

Petko Yotov 5ko at 5ko.fr
Tue Jan 28 23:56:36 CST 2014


Simon writes:
> I think it is unfortunate that we have reverted a change to PmWiki that  
> arguably fixed a bug in PmWiki,css (mixing fixed and variable font-sizes) on  
> unsubstantiated evidence (apologies V Krishn - but without screen shots and  
> browser versions it is difficult to verify your claim).
>
> This seems to be indicating a precedent that not changing the way PmWiki  
> looks is of higher importance that fixing bugs, my 2¢.

Sorry. Using valid CSS units is not a bug. The pmwiki.css file is valid CSS  
and contains no bugs, see:

  http://jigsaw.w3.org/css-validator/validator?uri=http%3A%2F 
%2Fwww.pmwiki.org%2Fpmwiki%2Fpub%2Fskins%2Fpmwiki%2Fpmwiki.css No error found

If the units bother you so much, it is very easy to create your own skin, or  
use one from the cookbook. Very few of the sites listed at PmWikiUsers or  
SuccessStories use the default skin, maybe for a reason.

Also, if the two versions look exactly the same to you and me, the change  
didn't change anything and was unnecessary. :-)

It is really possible that some users experience change in the sizes. A  
browser respecting the CSS standard to the letter, must display the 11pt  
font sizes exactly 11/72 of an inch or 3.88 millimeters regardless of the  
screen size (smartphone or full wall projection screen) or the zoom level  
selected by the user. It appears that for (your and my) current browsers,  
readability and confort for the user is of higher importance than the  
respect of the standard, so they display it at 11/12 of the default size for  
that screen and for the selected zoom level.


Petko




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