BLOG: Sizing up Type Sizing
Different people come at the problem of CSS type sizes differently. Some tell you never to size type, period. Others tell you to stick to the length constants. Still others suggest that sizing is all right as long as you use relative units.
Based on the overwhelming number of people surfing the Web with more or less recent browsers, it seems that type sizing with relative units is safe enough for general-purpose Websites. This conclusion assumes that most Web surfing happens by way of Microsoft Internet Explorer on Windows desktop or laptop computers. This isn't a product endorsement. It's simply a fact of life. The last couple of versions of IE for Windows handle CSS pixel units pretty well, so the problem is, for ...
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