Re: [css-d] Media Queries: How many pixels make an em ?

2014-04-18 Thread David Hucklesby
On 4/18/14, 2:10 PM, Tom Livingston wrote: On Fri, Apr 18, 2014 at 4:03 PM, Freelance Traveller wrote: On Fri, 18 Apr 2014 17:53:37 +0100, Tim Dawson wrote: I've been following another thread (Phone breaks), and I can see the advantage of using 'ems' rather than pixels for media queries.

Re: [css-d] Media Queries: How many pixels make an em ?

2014-04-18 Thread Tom Livingston
On Fri, Apr 18, 2014 at 4:03 PM, Freelance Traveller wrote: > On Fri, 18 Apr 2014 17:53:37 +0100, Tim Dawson wrote: > >>I've been following another thread (Phone breaks), and I can see the >>advantage of using >>'ems' rather than pixels for media queries. > >>So if I'm using 'px' now but wou

Re: [css-d] Media Queries: How many pixels make an em ?

2014-04-18 Thread Freelance Traveller
On Fri, 18 Apr 2014 17:53:37 +0100, Tim Dawson wrote: >I've been following another thread (Phone breaks), and I can see the >advantage of using >'ems' rather than pixels for media queries. >So if I'm using 'px' now but would like to change to 'em', how do I calculate >how many 'em' to >a

Re: [css-d] Media Queries: How many pixels make an em ?

2014-04-18 Thread Felix Miata
On 2014-04-18 17:53 (GMT+0100) Tim Dawson composed: I've been following another thread (Phone breaks), and I can see the advantage of using 'ems' rather than pixels for media queries. So if I'm using 'px' now but would like to change to 'em', how do I calculate how many 'em' to allow fo

Re: [css-d] Media Queries: How many pixels make an em ?

2014-04-18 Thread Felix Miata
On 2014-04-18 17:53 (GMT+0100) Tim Dawson composed: I've been following another thread (Phone breaks), and I can see the advantage of using 'ems' rather than pixels for media queries. So if I'm using 'px' now but would like to change to 'em', how do I calculate how many 'em' to allow fo

[css-d] Media Queries: How many pixels make an em ?

2014-04-18 Thread Tim Dawson
I've been following another thread (Phone breaks), and I can see the advantage of using 'ems' rather than pixels for media queries. So if I'm using 'px' now but would like to change to 'em', how do I calculate how many 'em' to allow for my 960px starting point ? To add to my confusion my

Re: [css-d] Phone breaks: unsure if working or not

2014-04-18 Thread Georg
Den 18.04.2014 15:14, skrev Hahnel, Fred (DET-MRM): If not to use px for media breaks, what should be used? You are using 'em' now, which is OK in itself. But, a given 'em' value does only correspond to a given 'px' value at a given zoom level, which means 'em' is not a good substitute for 'p

Re: [css-d] Phone breaks: unsure if working or not

2014-04-18 Thread Tom Livingston
On Fri, Apr 18, 2014 at 9:14 AM, Hahnel, Fred (DET-MRM) wrote: > If not to use px for media breaks, what should be used? > > > -regards, ems are becoming the preferred unit. -- Tom Livingston | Senior Front-End Developer | Media Logic | ph: 518.456.3015x231 | fx: 518.456.4279 | mlinc.com __

Re: [css-d] Phone breaks: unsure if working or not

2014-04-18 Thread Hahnel, Fred (DET-MRM)
If not to use px for media breaks, what should be used? -regards, Fred Hahnel -Original Message- From: css-d-boun...@lists.css-discuss.org [mailto:css-d-boun...@lists.css-discuss.org] On Behalf Of Georg Sent: Thursday, April 17, 2014 6:10 PM To: css-d@lists.css-discuss.org Subject: Re: