Please advise why I cant get bold to work with font size [b]-2[/b] and face [b]Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif[/b]? If I change my font size to [b]-1[/b] it works. But it doesnt seem to work with [b]-2[/b].
@screaming_banjoJan 12.2004 — #I'm using IE6 and I cut and paste your code into notepad...seemed to work okay for me. I changed it to -1 and it got bigger as expected.
@spufiJan 12.2004 — #You shouldn't be using <font> tags anyway since they have been deprecated for some time. It depends on what you are exactly trying to format, but it looks like you probably could use a header tag(<h1>-<h6>) for what you want and then use CSS to format it. A header tag defaults to bold text anyway. Not that you should use a header tag just because you want something bold mind you.
@pyroJan 12.2004 — #It's probably because your font size is reaching a point where making it bold would result in illedgibility. Either way, you should eschew the <font> tag, and use CSS:
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small; font-weight: bold;">information here</span> Which is only marginally different than:
@spufiJan 13.2004 — #Using that CSS should work fine in IE 5.5 and I'm not 100% sure on Netscape 4.7 because CSS usage is shakey at best, but formatting of fonts is just about the best supported part of CSS. I also assume you have a more current non-IE browser than Netscape 4.7. If not, download Mozilla, Firbird, and Opera asap. All three kick IE 5.5's butt.