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 you will, which is rude.
Hmm looks like you're right....So use ems as the body font size and % elsewhere.
1-WRT text size, there's no effective difference between using em and %. The only difference in compliant browsers WRT text size is CSS syntax, what follows the last numeral, and where the period belongs. Where the meaning of em and % differs is WRT sizes of objects other than text, e.g. containers and images.
2-Why set a size on the body at all? When you do that, you're in effect telling every user that his determination of optimal size is wrong. You can't know any such thing. You don't have his eyes. You can't see his screen. What you're doing changing the base size in em or % is usually different from using px mostly in degree, but the very same thing in overall concept - disrespect (usually, but not necessarily, e.g. if going bigger in order to be emphatic) for the user.
Leaving font size out of body (and html) you're embracing the user's advance determination what an optimal base size is - he gets his preferred size as the base, and presumably, dominant size of page text, ideal for paragraphs and/or whatever other text makes up the majority of content. Explicit sizing of text should be reserved for text that has good reason to differ in size from the base size, things like headings, footnotes, superscripts, footer text and such. The bonus for you as stylist, is your CSS can be much simpler, and thus easier to build and maintain.
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