CSS font-size changes when font-family falls back

Question

I want to use a font (gill sans) which renders very small due to a short x-height etc. etc. If I set this at a reasonable size, and then a browser falls back to a more typic

Answer 1

I would recommend you using typical Fonts that are found on most (/all) machines that access the website you are building. The view of a website shouldn't differ because of the browser (IE-related problems is another topic...). Use common fonts or alternatives that do work similar...