Thread: Signature Size Enforcement
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Unread 07-07-2006, 13:53
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Re: Signature Size Enforcement
The reason for the differences across browsers is in the way each handles the specifics of font sizing. The same CSS font size (from xx-large to xx-small, with default being medium) may have slightly different pixel counts between different browsers and platforms. Also, the spacing between lines is subject to browser defaults because the line-spacing attribute is not defined in ChiefDelphi's style sheet.

The reason this is all relevant is two-fold. First, it effects the actual size that the signature occupies. Second, the signature maximum height is not actually defined as 200px (pixels), but as 12.5em (which is approximately 200 pixels). An em unit size is a function of the text size, which as I mentioned can vary slightly. This is not a bug on Brandon's part, but an expected (although possibly undesirable) deviation.
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