Different meanings of font size

The original test

The font-family for the first box is Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, Helv, sans-serif;, the second is "Times New Roman", "Times Roman", Times, serif;.

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Without images

The font-family for the first box is Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, Helv, sans-serif;, the second is "Times New Roman", "Times Roman", Times, serif;.

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Order switched

The font-family for the first box is "Times New Roman", "Times Roman", Times, serif;, the second is Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, Helv, sans-serif;.

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Order switched, without images

The font-family for the first box is "Times New Roman", "Times Roman", Times, serif;, the second is Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, Helv, sans-serif;.

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With a line-height in em

The font-family for the first box is Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, Helv, sans-serif;, the second is "Times New Roman", "Times Roman", Times, serif;.

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Without images, with a line-height in em

The font-family for the first box is Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, Helv, sans-serif;, the second is "Times New Roman", "Times Roman", Times, serif;.

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With a line-height in percentages

The font-family for the first box is Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, Helv, sans-serif;, the second is "Times New Roman", "Times Roman", Times, serif;.

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Without images, with a line-height in percentages

The font-family for the first box is Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, Helv, sans-serif;, the second is "Times New Roman", "Times Roman", Times, serif;.

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With a line-height normal

The font-family for the first box is Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, Helv, sans-serif;, the second is "Times New Roman", "Times Roman", Times, serif;.

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Without images, with a line-height normal

The font-family for the first box is Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, Helv, sans-serif;, the second is "Times New Roman", "Times Roman", Times, serif;.

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(Back to Font Size Problems, Font Information, CSS Information, David Baron)

LDB, dbaron@dbaron.org, 1999-05-01, 2001-07-10 (added normal)