Mininum font size “12” in Firefox (>3.6.12) - default setting?

Question

I'm designing a new webpage and saw that Firefox has set a minimum font size of 12.

Is this just a misconfiguration of my own browser, or is this really a default setting of Firefox? In the latter case, it would affect my design.

Answer 1

Apparently, you can adjust it:

Setting a minimum font size

Some web sites may display text which is too small to read comfortably. To make such pages easier to read, you can set a minimum font size. On web pages that try to display text smaller than this size, Firefox will enlarge the text to your chosen size.

To set a minimum font size, go to Tools/Options (or Preferences on Mac) and select the "Content" panel. In the "Fonts & Colors" section, immediately after the default font and size selection, click the "Advanced" button. You can specify a minimum font size from the dropdown menu.

Note that some web pages may display incorrectly depending on your choice of a minimum font size.

Source: http://kb.mozillazine.org/Accessibility_features_of_Firefox (scroll down partway to the Setting Minimum Font Size header)

On my Windows machine, I can set this size as low as 9 points...hope that helps!

I installed Ubuntu 10.10 in a virtual machine, and Firefox was already preinstalled - the default font was Serif, and the default font size was 16, the minimum 9. The default on my Windows system is 16 also. FWIW...