font sizes in CSS 1

[gus121]

Hi I have been given this website with a section of the bellow style sheet. I have been asked by my boss what size the fonts are on the website. Does x-small small etc.. refer to a specific pt font size. If not what is the range that the browser can interperate it as. Where can I find this information?


P {
FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: x-small; FONT-STYLE: normal; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif
}
H1 {
FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: small; COLOR: #000099; FONT-STYLE: normal; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif
}
H2 {
FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: x-small; COLOR: #000099; FONT-STYLE: normal; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif
}
LI {
FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: x-small; FONT-STYLE: normal; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif
}
H3 {
FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: xx-small; FONT-STYLE: italic; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif
}
H4 {
FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: xx-small; FONT-STYLE: normal; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif
}
H5 {
FONT-WEIGHT: lighter; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana, Arial, helvetica
}

thanks in Advance Angus

Angus

 

[4x4uk]

This thread might help

thread215-487320

Infinity exists! - I just haven't worked out a way to get there yet.

http://www.ne4x4.org.uk/

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http://www.ne4x4.org.uk/Ian/

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http://www.ne4x4.fsnet.co.uk/beck/

 

[gus121]

Thats a usefull link. Does not really answer my question i found this on the net which does:

http://www.amherst.edu/~wwjarnag/code/learncss/small.html

Angus

 

[ChrisHunt]

Using the named font sizes opens up a whole can of worms. They might be any size, depending on what browser you're using and what machine you're running it on. There's a long article on this at:

http://style.cleverchimp.com/font_size_intervals/altintervals.html

The really nasty thing to look out for when using named sizes is that IE4&5 is one size out of step with everyone else: it will render "small" text at the size most other browsers render "medium". You can see how to work round this at

http://www.alistapart.com/stories/sizematters/

Have fun

-- Chris Hunt
Extra Connections Ltd

http://www.extracon.com

 

[gus121]

You found some good articles there Chris. I have saved those in my favriots. thanks

Angus