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Revision: 40161
at January 27, 2011 04:01 by paul66


Initial Code
/*
fonts.css from the YUI Library: developer.yahoo.com/yui/
Please refer to developer.yahoo.com/yui/fonts/ for font sizing percentages
*/
body { font:13px sans-serif; *font-size:small; *font:x-small; line-height:1.22; }
table { font-size:inherit; font:100%; }
select, input, textarea { font:99% sans-serif; }

Initial URL
http://developer.yahoo.com/yui/fonts/

Initial Description
To get rid of rendering inconsistencies that can occur between browsers and OS’s when rendering fonts in pixels, this snippet allows you to size your fonts in such a way that the size and line-height will remain consistent across these platforms for your website. You will basically be setting your font sizes via percentages that can be found at the YUI website.

Initial Title
Font normalisation

Initial Tags
css

Initial Language
CSS