Re: [css-d] why are ems rendering large?

2014-07-26 Thread Felix Miata
On 2014-07-26 21:40 (GMT-0400) Chris Rockwell composed: ... the original reason was to fix some ie6/7 issues with em scaling. Hence my language "in compliant browsers". :-) Without looking further, there appear to be valid reasons for setting font-size to 100% on body. I can't think of any

Re: [css-d] why are ems rendering large?

2014-07-26 Thread Chris Rockwell
Nevermind, its not in normalize.CSS, I scanned too quickly - sorry! On Jul 26, 2014 9:40 PM, "Chris Rockwell" wrote: > Felix, admittedly I never questioned why setting font-size: 100% was a > best practice, it's just always something I've done. Based on your response > I did some quick research a

Re: [css-d] why are ems rendering large?

2014-07-26 Thread Chris Rockwell
Felix, admittedly I never questioned why setting font-size: 100% was a best practice, it's just always something I've done. Based on your response I did some quick research and, it appears, the original reason was to fix some ie6/7 issues with em scaling. Additionally, I checked normalize.CSS as I

Re: [css-d] why are ems rendering large?

2014-07-26 Thread Felix Miata
On 2014-07-26 19:43 (GMT-0500) Karl DeSaulniers composed: Felix Miata wrote: ...CSS for the public web should never size text in px. Sizing text in px means the optimal base size determined by each user, as embodied in his browser default size, is totally disregarded, tyrannically usurped if

Re: [css-d] why are ems rendering large?

2014-07-26 Thread Tom Livingston
On Saturday, July 26, 2014, Karl DeSaulniers wrote: > > > Sent from losPhone > > > On Jul 26, 2014, at 6:57 PM, Felix Miata > wrote: > > > > On 2014-07-26 18:29 (GMT-0400) Karl DeSaulniers composed: > > > >> I usually go px on the body and % everywhere else. > > > > Why does px on body s

Re: [css-d] why are ems rendering large?

2014-07-26 Thread Karl DeSaulniers
Sent from losPhone > On Jul 26, 2014, at 6:57 PM, Felix Miata wrote: > > On 2014-07-26 18:29 (GMT-0400) Karl DeSaulniers composed: > >> I usually go px on the body and % everywhere else. > > Why does px on body seems like a good idea for users? > It's actually a method I learne

Re: [css-d] why are ems rendering large?

2014-07-26 Thread Felix Miata
On 2014-07-26 18:29 (GMT-0400) Karl DeSaulniers composed: I usually go px on the body and % everywhere else. Why does px on body seems like a good idea for users? It's actually a method I learned online... As is often the case where a page is trying to make it easy for stylists, which i

Re: [css-d] why are ems rendering large?

2014-07-26 Thread Karl DeSaulniers
Sent from losPhone > On Jul 26, 2014, at 4:59 PM, Tom Livingston wrote: > >> On Saturday, July 26, 2014, Karl DeSaulniers wrote: >> >> >> >> Sent from losPhone >> On Jul 26, 2014, at 8:34 AM, MiB >> > wrote: >>> >>> >>> jul 26 2014 01:24 Karl DeSaulniers >>> : >>> I usually

Re: [css-d] why are ems rendering large?

2014-07-26 Thread Tom Livingston
On Saturday, July 26, 2014, Karl DeSaulniers wrote: > > > Sent from losPhone > > > On Jul 26, 2014, at 8:34 AM, MiB > wrote: > > > > > > jul 26 2014 01:24 Karl DeSaulniers > >: > > > >> I usually go px on the body and % everywhere else. > > > > Why does px on body seems like a good idea for use

Re: [css-d] why are ems rendering large?

2014-07-26 Thread Karl DeSaulniers
Sent from losPhone > On Jul 26, 2014, at 8:34 AM, MiB wrote: > > > jul 26 2014 01:24 Karl DeSaulniers : > >> I usually go px on the body and % everywhere else. > > Why does px on body seems like a good idea for users? > It's actually a method I learned online, but I believe the premise wa

Re: [css-d] div with spec'd width going to 100%?

2014-07-26 Thread John
On Jul 26, 2014, at 1:34 PM, Tom Livingston wrote: > You also have 2 containers with the same ID of #main_header. The > header and a child div. That's a no no. ya just saw that after posting…jeepers what a dumb mistake.. ugh..thank you for spotting that, Tom John _

Re: [css-d] div with spec'd width going to 100%?

2014-07-26 Thread Tom Livingston
You also have 2 containers with the same ID of #main_header. The header and a child div. That's a no no. On Sat, Jul 26, 2014 at 4:23 PM, Tom Livingston wrote: > On Sat, Jul 26, 2014 at 4:19 PM, John wrote: >> I am trying a better way to style and position elements at: >> >> http://www.coffeeonm

Re: [css-d] div with spec'd width going to 100%?

2014-07-26 Thread Tom Livingston
On Sat, Jul 26, 2014 at 4:19 PM, John wrote: > I am trying a better way to style and position elements at: > > http://www.coffeeonmars.com/170_su/template/home.html > > I’m the one who used an h1 and was seeing ems render larger because of that. > so I tried changing that h1 to just a regular div

[css-d] div with spec'd width going to 100%?

2014-07-26 Thread John
I am trying a better way to style and position elements at: http://www.coffeeonmars.com/170_su/template/home.html I’m the one who used an h1 and was seeing ems render larger because of that. so I tried changing that h1 to just a regular div but instead of respecting the specified width of width

Re: [css-d] why are ems rendering large?

2014-07-26 Thread MiB
jul 26 2014 01:24 Karl DeSaulniers : > I usually go px on the body and % everywhere else. Why does px on body seems like a good idea for users? __ css-discuss [css-d@lists.css-discuss.org] http://www.css-discuss.org/mailman/list