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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [February 1, 2004, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/html-font-question/227087 "2004-02-01T20:35:29Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
**Page:** 2
**Author:**  [@Achernar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Achernar)\
**Post date:** [February 2, 2004, 6:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/html-font-question/227087/21 "2004-02-02T06:23:42Z")
We just don’t understand? Is it really that exceptional? I’m not trying to be presumptuous, but it comes across just like a whole lot of beginner web designers who haven’t yet gotten over the fact that HTML is neither plain text nor PDF. So you can understand our confusion.
Why don’t you tell us what’s so special about your project? Perhaps our expertise can find a solution that makes everyone happy.
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**Author:**  [@Daver914](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Daver914)\
**Post date:** [February 2, 2004, 6:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/html-font-question/227087/22 "2004-02-02T06:42:53Z")
Oy vey, the question was answered yonks ago… If you want constant a font size, set the font size using CSS px units. [Here’s a reference](http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-CSS2/fonts.html#propdef-font-size). It might not be the most accessible solution, but I’ve done it, and so have most other web developers. So there’s your answer, and would a mod please close this train wreck of a thread?
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**Author:**  [@Daver914](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Daver914)\
**Post date:** [February 2, 2004, 6:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/html-font-question/227087/23 "2004-02-02T06:44:09Z")
And would that same mod (and all other viewers) please ignore my bad grammar in the above post? What can I say, it’s 2:00 AM…
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**Author:**  [@Urban\_Ranger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Urban_Ranger)\
**Post date:** [February 2, 2004, 6:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/html-font-question/227087/24 "2004-02-02T06:48:30Z")
> [@Duderdude2](#):
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> You can’t determine that without seeing the site. I don’t care about other browsers, etc. The majority of net surfers use IE, I’m not going after the lowest common denominator.
IE **is** the lowest common denominator.
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**Author:**  [@xash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xash)\
**Post date:** [February 2, 2004, 7:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/html-font-question/227087/25 "2004-02-02T07:40:48Z")
Please keep opinions out of GQ.
Asked and answered. This is closed.
- **xash**
General Questions Moderator
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