[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #12825: Largest minimum text size in FF prefs makes admin display terrible

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#12825: Largest minimum text size in FF prefs makes admin display terrible
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 Reporter:  jane           |       Owner:                  
     Type:  defect (bug)   |      Status:  new             
 Priority:  normal         |   Milestone:  3.1             
Component:  Accessibility  |     Version:  2.9.2           
 Severity:  normal         |    Keywords:  text, font, zoom
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Comment(by toscho):

 Replying to [comment:5 azaozz]:
 >
 > Yes, however using `em` would make all elements wider and create
 horizontal scrollbars on smaller screens.

 No, it wouldn’t. I’ll try to understand the interaction of the various
 stylesheets for the backend, and see if I find a working solution for 3.1.

 > Changing the screen resolution seems the best workaround in most cases
 as it affects everything, not only the web browser.

 This is the very reason why it is often so such a bad solution: Just
 because you need bigger font sizes you don’t need bigger images,
 scrollbars etc. I'm using a minimum font size of 14—18px – but the last I
 want is wasting space for non text elements.

 Anyway, accessibility problems cannot be solved by teaching the user to
 reorganize his OS settings around for a website.

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