- From: Matthew Wilcox <elvendil@gmail.com>
- Date: Tue, 21 Feb 2012 16:38:35 +0000
- To: Florian Rivoal <florianr@opera.com>
- Cc: www-style@w3.org
On 21 February 2012 15:46, Florian Rivoal <florianr@opera.com> wrote: > On Tue, 21 Feb 2012 16:18:18 +0100, Matthew Wilcox <elvendil@gmail.com> > wrote: > >>> Just like authors should expect the 1rem to match be sized to whatever >>> the >>> default font size should be for that particular user in that particular >>> environment for things to be readable, >> >> >> Um, I don't. I expect it to be whatever I set on the html element - I >> use it to give me much more consistent vertical rhythm without >> worrying about inheritance problems. >> It's a convenience and >> flexibility thing for me, not an accessibility thing (though it's that >> too, that's not the main draw). > > > Well, you can do that, but in the process, you discard a potentially > useful piece of information: the size of text that the user has indicated > works for him as the default size. More likely I'd be working with a default because many people have no idea about adjusting text size (at least if our clients are anything to go by). > Anyway, that's besides the point. A new unit that is defined to be the > appropriate size of a touch element could be useful, whether you > like my parallel with rem or not. I'd agree with that :) > > - Florian > > > > >
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