Re: User Agents Do Not Implement Absolute Length Units, Places Responsive Design in Jeopardy

On Fri, Oct 28, 2011 at 2:34 AM, Felix Miata <mrmazda@earthlink.net> wrote:

> On 2011/10/27 22:27 (GMT+1300) Robert O'Callahan composed:
>
>  Approximate angle subtended at the eye is what CSS "px" is for.
>>
>
> And, it's _not_ suitable for sizing text. It doesn't correlate to the
> visitor's preferred/default size, so randomly, typically negatively, impacts
> legibility, accessibility and usability.
>

Totally agree. Use ems or % if you want default font size prefs to be taken
into account.

(Although note that many UAs, including Firefox, support minimum-font-size
preferences that can override px font-sizes.)

Rob
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