posted 17 years ago
Firefox 2.0.0.7, Windows XP Pro SP2
I just went to the Firefox options and set the default sans-serif to Letter Gothic 14 pt, which sort of solved the problem.
Except that Firefox's conception of 14pt looks about 9 pt in BlueJ, OpenOffice.org, Internet Explorer, etc. On those other apps 9pt looks about right and 14pt LOOKS MONSTROUS.
Oddly enough, the width of the text box is tied to the font size. Bigger font, wider box. It would appear to make more sense to make it a proportion of the browser windows's current width whatever the size of the font, unless there is some compelling reason I haven't thougut of.