[...] are there any known quirks for defining font-size on the html
element?
A small start-size may cause blown-up text-size throughout the page in
some browsers when subjected to 'minimum font size', and IE7 and older
IE-versions are buggy when starting with 'em'. Other than that it
doesn't matter if you start sizing on the html or body element or
anywhere else, and/or what size and unit you choose.
The .625em (supposed to equal 10px when it was invented) as "start"
value has caused millions of pages across the web to blow up or break
over the years, and that small start-value doesn't work one bit better
today.
I always start at browser-default (=100%), either by declaring that as
"start" value or by not declaring anything to "start" on. Has always
worked 100% in all browsers, and always will.
regards
Georg
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