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The following table shows how the current system renders different relative font sizes. The base font size set for the table is 11pt.

There are differences in appearance depending on screen resolution, browser brand and version, and to a lesser extent the operating system. Readability is also affected by font family with sans-serif fonts being cleaner and easier to read on a screen than serif fonts especially at smaller sizes and lower screen resolutions.

Background color and text color have a significant impact on readability. High contrast is required between text and brackground. However, on a computer screen, colors that are too bright can be hard to read for an extended period.

Font:  Sans-serif serif Arial Arial Black Bitstream Charter Book Antiqua Bookman Century Schoolbook Charter Chicago Comic Sans MS Courier Courier New Futura Garamond Geneva Gentium Georgia Gill Sans Helvetica Impact Lucida N.CentSchoolbk Palatino StoneSans Swiss Tahoma Times Times New Roman Trebuchet MS Univers Verdana Style:  normal italic oblique Weight:  normal bold Bgcolor:  white black green silver lime gray olive yellow maroon navy red blue purple teal fuschia aqua Text:  black white green silver lime gray olive yellow maroon navy red blue purple teal fuschia aqua

Base Size: Specifiy absolute units px, pt, pc, in, mm, or cm,

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percent	em	Named
This is 50 percent	This is 0.5 em	This is smaller
This is 60 percent	This is 0.6 em
This is 70 percent	This is 0.7 em
This is 80 percent	This is 0.8 em
This is 90 percent	This is 0.9 em
This is 100 percent	This is 1.0 em	Base size
This is 110 percent	This is 1.1 em	This is larger
This is 120 percent	This is 1.2 em
This is 130 percent	This is 1.3 em
This is 140 percent	This is 1.4 em
This is 150 percent	This is 1.5 em
This is 160 percent	This is 1.6 em
This is 170 percent	This is 1.7 em
This is 180 percent	This is 1.8 em
This is 190 percent	This is 1.9 em
This is 200 percent	This is 2 em