Re: font_factor

On Fri, Jan 11, 2013 at 05:24:51PM -0300, Jorge Arellano Cid wrote:
> 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.

My Firefox has a zoom option, that zooms all text and images and
an additional option to zoom text only.

I also tend to a apply font_factor to all text.

Cheers,
Johannes