Velda Christensen wrote:
jtaber wrote:
Velda,
that's a really nice example - I noticed some width's (like padding
and the menu bar are in em units while other widths (boxes) are in
pixels (px). I guess I don't understand the advantages of em vs px -
why did you choose one over the other in each case ? thks.
Oh as to the advantage of why I usually use ems? I like being able
to resize text, because I'm blind as a bat without my contacts and
have a habit of doing web design stuff when I've got insomnia.
Besides, I figure there are people who need big text at all hour so I
may as well help them out.
Paragraphs are more readable if they're around 30 characters wide,
regardless of the text size, and if they have about 1-2 characters
width of space around them. If you use pixels to define font sizes,
you lose the ability to resize text. If you use pixels to define
paragraphs but not font sizes, you lose readability (think huge text
wrapping far too much or tiny text not wrapping enough). So I use ems
to build the layout wherever I can. Have a look at the novapages.com
layout and resize the text there - you'll see what I mean. :-)
thanks - good points (no pun intended).
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