I am building some Web forms with ms-access. For the most part the fidelity of the form inside of ms-access and the same form when published to the web and run from a web browser looks very good.
However I the problem is with some list boxes. Here is a screen shot of the client form.
And, then the same form when published to Access Web services.
The form when run in a browser looks better sized then in the access client. The font I am using for the 4 list boxes (time picker) is "MS Sans Serif", point size 8.
As the two screen shots show, the 2 form in a web browser looks quite different. I sized the list boxes larger then needed in the client side to get the good looking results in the web browser.
I would rather size the form in the client to much like this screen shot:
It certainly possible that I might have to live with this size and rendering difference. I am wondering if anyone has any suggestions in regards to picking a different font that might improve this situation? I included the SharePoint tag in this question since Access Web services does run on SharePoint. Perhaps there is some Web Server settings I don't know about that might improve this situation?
I tried about 10 different of the most common fonts (Calibri, Arial, Times New Roman etc.) and the sizing issue did not really improve much.
I am new to the web world so issues like what font to choose or what a long time web developer would choose in this case is much breaking new ground for me.
Is there a particular font (and size) that would be a better choice for those 4 list boxes? Or am I wasting my time looking at fonts and hould e looking else where such as anchoring of controls etc.?