On Wed, Jan 09, 2013 at 09:16:08AM +0100, Johannes Hofmann wrote:
On Tue, Jan 08, 2013 at 11:55:42PM +0000, corvid wrote:
I wrote:
In styleengine, we use font_factor for calculation of larger and x-small and so forth, but we don't apply it when given an ordinary font size like 11px.
Just to double-check: That's not intended behaviour, right?
sorry for the delay... This is intentional, but we know that there is a usability issue. In CSS px, mm, pt etc. define absolute sizes [1]. So if we want to adhere to the CSS spec strictly I think we can't just scale them. On the other hand web designers just use px without thinking about the implications. Also other browsers allow scaling of those fonts afaik. I think we have the following options:
* ignore CSS and apply font_factor also to absolute font sizes
I'd apply font_factor, especially if that's what other browsers do.
* implement a zoom feature that displays everything larger (also images etc.
Scaling images may hurt (think of PDAs). An image_factor may help for those (just a wild thought).
* check other browsers for more alternatives
Should check before making a decision. -- Cheers Jorge.-