Web Design in a Nutshell, 3rd Edition

Type Size Issues

The other web typography challenge is type size. Size is problematic due to varying screen resolutions and different default font sizes built into browsers and operating systems. What looks perfectly fine on your monitor may be too small to read for someone else. On top of that, to keep content accessible, text should be sized in a way that allows the end user to resize it (usually larger) to meet special needs. The specific problems of setting text size along with recommendations will be covered in the upcoming "Font Size" section, but for now, suffice it to say that it is not as straightforward as print. It requires knowledge of the medium and occasionally some tough decisions.