On Jan 14, 2013, at 5:00 PM, Felix Miata <[email protected]> wrote:
> On 2013-01-14 15:55 (GMT-0500) Eric composed:
>
>> html {font-size: 16px;}
>
>> Then all REMs on the page will be 16px no matter what eles.
>
> Not quite. Notwithstanding that styling text in px ignores the wide variation
> in effective pixel density and rudely disregards the visitor's optimum text
> size, as presumptively established via his UA's default size setting, astute
> users with competent UAs can avoid the need to apply zoom to restore some
> legibility, at least potentially, via a user stylesheet containing the
> following:
> -snip-
> The result though can be a big mess of overlapping and/or hidden content if
> container sizing is also done in px. OTOH, with such styling done in em
> and/or rem, much or even all of the adaptability of the natural web, and
> rem/em-based styling, is preserved.
Felix:
I often wonder why people don't listen to your wise council?
I know I do and I teach this stuff.
Cheers,
tedd
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