Testing Internet Explorer CSS font sizing problem in new CA member area -- Resize the text to see which units respond.

Notes: Some aspects of usability are hampered by IE's implementation of CSS. It appears to ignore an individual user's overriding text-size settings in favor of those specified by the CSS styles declared in the page. While there are some work arounds, (namely use "ex" or "medium", or don't set a font-size property at all) these "solutions" are not desirable from a designer's standpoint. They would like the design to be nice at least as it goes out the door. There are other implications such as interfaces which rely on predictable sizing, such as pseudo buttons for example, or other interface elements that are not a piece of the normal HTML lexicon but that can be built using CSS and JavaScript methodologies.

Here is a sample of different sizing units. View them in the browser of your choice and then change you text-size selections in the browser to see how they increase or decrease with your settings. Also, notice which units DONT change.

font-size: (UNSPECIFIED)
 font-size: (UNSPECIFIED)
font-size: small;
 font-size: small;
font-size: 100%;
 font-size: 100%;
font-size: 8px;
 font-size: 8px;
font-size: 8pt;
 font-size: 8pt;
font-size: 8mm;
 font-size: 8mm;
font-size: 8pc;
 font-size: 8pc;
font-size: 8ex;
 font-size: 8ex;
font-size: 8em;
 font-size: 8em;
font-size: 8cm;
 font-size: 8cm;
font-size: 8in;
 font-size: 8in;