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

2014-07-26 Thread MiB
jul 26 2014 01:24 Karl DeSaulniers k...@designdrumm.com: 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]

[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

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 j...@coffeeonmars.com 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

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 tom...@gmail.com wrote: On Sat, Jul 26, 2014 at 4:19 PM, John j...@coffeeonmars.com wrote: I am trying a better way to style and position

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 tom...@gmail.com 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] why are ems rendering large?

2014-07-26 Thread Karl DeSaulniers
Sent from losPhone On Jul 26, 2014, at 8:34 AM, MiB digital.disc...@gmail.com wrote: jul 26 2014 01:24 Karl DeSaulniers k...@designdrumm.com: 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

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

2014-07-26 Thread Tom Livingston
On Saturday, July 26, 2014, Karl DeSaulniers k...@designdrumm.com wrote: Sent from losPhone On Jul 26, 2014, at 8:34 AM, MiB digital.disc...@gmail.com javascript:; wrote: jul 26 2014 01:24 Karl DeSaulniers k...@designdrumm.com javascript:; : I usually go px on the body and %

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 tom...@gmail.com wrote: On Saturday, July 26, 2014, Karl DeSaulniers k...@designdrumm.com wrote: Sent from losPhone On Jul 26, 2014, at 8:34 AM, MiB digital.disc...@gmail.com javascript:; wrote: jul 26 2014 01:24

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

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 mrma...@earthlink.net 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

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

2014-07-26 Thread Tom Livingston
On Saturday, July 26, 2014, Karl DeSaulniers k...@designdrumm.com wrote: Sent from losPhone On Jul 26, 2014, at 6:57 PM, Felix Miata mrma...@earthlink.net javascript:; wrote: On 2014-07-26 18:29 (GMT-0400) Karl DeSaulniers composed: I usually go px on the body and % everywhere

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 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

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 ch...@chrisrockwell.com 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

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