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1. 

   Fernando d.s. 11:19 am on July 10, 2004

   I’m a bit confused, and after a testing, even more confused. Why has the author chosen to declare font-size in this manner:

   /* xx-small.css*/
   body,
   body div,
   body p,
   body th,
   body td,
   body li,
   body dd {
     font-size: xx-small;
     voice-family: “\”}\”“;
     voice-family: inherit;
     font-size: x-small
   }

   Wouldn’t the following be enough?

   body { font-size: xx-small }

   With the latter, everything in the body now is xx-small, no? From my testing, the author’s code actually causes some inherietance problems. Is there a point that I’m missing in writting it out the way the author has here?

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   Copy & paste the code below to embed this comment. <figure class="embedded-quote" id="ala-embedded-comment-321992"><blockquote> <p>I’m a bit confused, and after a testing, even more confused. Why has the author chosen to declare font-size in this manner:</p><p>/* xx-small.css*/<br />body,<br />body div,<br />body p,<br />body th,<br />body td,<br />body li,<br />body dd {<br />  font-size: xx-small;<br />  voice-family: “\”}\”“;<br />  voice-family: inherit;<br />  font-size: x-small<br />}</p><p>Wouldn’t the following be enough?</p><p>body { font-size: xx-small }</p><p>With the latter, everything in the body now is xx-small, no? From my testing, the author’s code actually causes some inherietance problems. Is there a point that I’m missing in writting it out the way the author has here?</p></blockquote><figcaption>— Fernando d.s. on <a href="http://alistapart.com/comments/relafont#321992">Power To The People: Relative Font Sizes</a></figcaption></figure> <script async data-comment="321992" charset="utf-8" src="http://d.alistapart.com/_/js/comment-embed.min.js"></script>
2. 

   T. 6:02 am on July 27, 2004

   Hi Fernando, look this article for more information about relative font sizing:

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

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   Copy & paste the code below to embed this comment. <figure class="embedded-quote" id="ala-embedded-comment-321993"><blockquote> <p>Hi Fernando, look this article for more information about relative font sizing:</p><p>http://www.alistapart.com/articles/sizematters/</p></blockquote><figcaption>— T. on <a href="http://alistapart.com/comments/relafont#321993">Power To The People: Relative Font Sizes</a></figcaption></figure> <script async data-comment="321993" charset="utf-8" src="http://d.alistapart.com/_/js/comment-embed.min.js"></script>