On Fri, Aug 12, 2016 at 9:16 PM, Philippe Wittenbergh <e...@l-c-n.com> wrote: > >> On Aug 13, 2016, at 9:05 AM, Tom Livingston <tom...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> I personally wouldn't use rem's for all of the units involved with >> that structure. rem is based on the root element's font size, making >> it - I assume - dependent on how each browser renders a font, which is >> where your slight differences come from. > > Rem unit is perfectly fine in this case, as it computed value is based on the > font-size (independently of which font-family is used). The cross-browser > default is 16px for any given font, last I checked. > > OTOH, the used font-family may affect where elements end up on the page, at > paint-time. A small font like Times will use less vertical pixel space then a > large font like Verdana. > > Philippe
The differences in font rendering between browsers, even with the same font specified, wouldn't position things differently? -- Tom Livingston | Senior Front End Developer | Media Logic | ph: 518.456.3015x231 | fx: 518.456.4279 | medialogic.com #663399 ______________________________________________________________________ css-discuss [css-d@lists.css-discuss.org] http://www.css-discuss.org/mailman/listinfo/css-d List wiki/FAQ -- http://css-discuss.incutio.com/ List policies -- http://css-discuss.org/policies.html Supported by evolt.org -- http://www.evolt.org/help_support_evolt/
