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What are the best units of measurement to size text?
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Best units of measurement to size text
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em
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rem (root em)
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Oct 10, 2018
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keywords
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Dec 12, 2016
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Aug 16, 2018
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em
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Allows all browsers resize text without sacrificing flexibility/precision
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Font size compounds
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It is a much preciser measurement than px
This does almost the same work as "px" and "px" is much more precise... Even though it doesn't take into account the user's font settings
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Decent browser support
Safari 5, Chrome, FF 3.6+ & IE 9+ support rems. You can also add a px fallback for older browsers: p { font-size: 14px; font-size: 2.24em; }
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Font sizes don't compound, allowing for easy nesting of elements
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Allows all browsers resize text
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Gives less flexibility/precision than px
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Reliable and consistent
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IE can't change the text size of px
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Not scalable
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