Comments on: Using EM for Font Size: learning on the go http://benjaminsterling.com/using-em-for-font-size-learning-on-the-go/ Ok, you did not judge the book by it's cover, great. Now, read the whole thing before passing judgment. Sat, 03 Jan 2009 04:54:23 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Benjamin Sterling http://benjaminsterling.com/using-em-for-font-size-learning-on-the-go/comment-page-1/#comment-340 Benjamin Sterling Sun, 09 Dec 2007 04:17:34 +0000 http://benjaminsterling.com/2007/11/27/using-em-for-font-size-learning-on-the-go/#comment-340 @rdmey: First off, read your post and it was very well written. Can't wait to get to that point myself :D After putting up this new design and trying to do the px to em conversion your point because more truer (?). I am not a visual person, so the whole typography part is very hard for me. I appreciate the links and the info provided in your post. @rdmey: First off, read your post and it was very well written. Can’t wait to get to that point myself :D

After putting up this new design and trying to do the px to em conversion your point because more truer (?). I am not a visual person, so the whole typography part is very hard for me.

I appreciate the links and the info provided in your post.

]]> By: rdmey http://benjaminsterling.com/using-em-for-font-size-learning-on-the-go/comment-page-1/#comment-339 rdmey Sun, 09 Dec 2007 03:49:55 +0000 http://benjaminsterling.com/2007/11/27/using-em-for-font-size-learning-on-the-go/#comment-339 A List Apart had a great article recently on using em for font-size, especially when it comes to some differences in browsers. You may also find that a reset stylesheet like Eric Meyer's is helpful. http://www.alistapart.com/articles/howtosizetextincss/ http://meyerweb.com/eric/thoughts/2007/05/01/reset-reloaded/ I actually just wrote a post in response to yours (link above). As I say there: While I can see how pixel conversion seems useful when you first make the switch from px to em, I think the whole point of using ems instead of pixels is to embrace the concept that, on the web, sizes are relative, not absolute. A List Apart had a great article recently on using em for font-size, especially when it comes to some differences in browsers. You may also find that a reset stylesheet like Eric Meyer’s is helpful.

http://www.alistapart.com/arti.....textincss/
http://meyerweb.com/eric/thoug.....-reloaded/

I actually just wrote a post in response to yours (link above). As I say there: While I can see how pixel conversion seems useful when you first make the switch from px to em, I think the whole point of using ems instead of pixels is to embrace the concept that, on the web, sizes are relative, not absolute.

]]> By: Using ems for font sizing in css | rdmey http://benjaminsterling.com/using-em-for-font-size-learning-on-the-go/comment-page-1/#comment-338 Using ems for font sizing in css | rdmey Sun, 09 Dec 2007 03:49:26 +0000 http://benjaminsterling.com/2007/11/27/using-em-for-font-size-learning-on-the-go/#comment-338 [...] I just came across this post, by someone trying to put ems into practice; at the end, he gets into tools for doing conversions [...] [...] I just came across this post, by someone trying to put ems into practice; at the end, he gets into tools for doing conversions [...]

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