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Technical Notes
Font-Size Metrics
Legibility of Verdana font at smaller font-sizes — browser 'standards-compliance' mode (not legacy 'quirks' mode).
The text-sizes given below are only relevant when:
- browser's page-zoom is 100% (IE7, Opera),
- browser's text-size (view-menu) is medium, 100% (IE6, FF),
- browser's font-sizes (underlying) are set at default (FF, Opera),
- browser's minimum font-size is not in effect,
- OS font DPI is set to 100% (typically 96DPI for WinXP).
This text is CSS-medium size. [font-size:100%]
This text is reduced. [font-size:95%]
This text is reduced. [font-size:90%]
This text is reduced but should be legible. [font-size:85%]
This text is reduced but should be legible. [font-size:80%]
This text is small. "Text too small" is common. [font-size:75%]
This text is small. "Text too small" is common. [font-size:70%]
This text is small. "Text too small" is common. [font-size:65%]
This text is small. "Text too small" is a common criticism of websites. [font-size:60%]
This text is small. "Text too small" is a common criticism of websites. [font-size:55%]
This text is small. "Text too small" is a common criticism of websites. [font-size:50%]
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