Comments on: Typetester has the base font size option http://www.maratz.com/blog/archives/2006/01/30/typetester-has-the-base-font-size-option/ Hypertext rulez™ Sun, 07 Sep 2008 17:59:02 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Justin Perkins http://www.maratz.com/blog/archives/2006/01/30/typetester-has-the-base-font-size-option/#comment-1781 Justin Perkins Mon, 30 Jan 2006 19:03:31 +0000 http://www.maratz.com/blog/archives/2006/01/30/typetester-has-the-base-font-size-option/#comment-1781 Ahh, I thought I had it wrong :) How did you learn that, was there an article somewhere? Ahh, I thought I had it wrong :)
How did you learn that, was there an article somewhere?

]]> By: marko http://www.maratz.com/blog/archives/2006/01/30/typetester-has-the-base-font-size-option/#comment-1779 marko Mon, 30 Jan 2006 18:19:52 +0000 http://www.maratz.com/blog/archives/2006/01/30/typetester-has-the-base-font-size-option/#comment-1779 Default font-size in most browsers is 16px, therefore <strong>62.5%</strong> is nailing it down to 10px (16 × 0.62 = 10). There’s however, many designers who still don’t get it, but IMHO the future is bright. Default font-size in most browsers is 16px, therefore 62.5% is nailing it down to 10px (16 × 0.62 = 10).

There’s however, many designers who still don’t get it, but IMHO the future is bright.

]]> By: Justin Perkins http://www.maratz.com/blog/archives/2006/01/30/typetester-has-the-base-font-size-option/#comment-1777 Justin Perkins Mon, 30 Jan 2006 16:21:09 +0000 http://www.maratz.com/blog/archives/2006/01/30/typetester-has-the-base-font-size-option/#comment-1777 Ahh, but if you set the base font size to something like 67.5% (I don't remember the exact number), then you can use em sizing to acheive pixel perfect results, at least that's what I've been told. I think I got that from the book Professional CSS, but I searched and searched and couldn't find anything. 67.5% base font. 1em = 10px, 1.2em = 12px, .9em = 9px, etc... Ahh, but if you set the base font size to something like 67.5% (I don’t remember the exact number), then you can use em sizing to acheive pixel perfect results, at least that’s what I’ve been told. I think I got that from the book Professional CSS, but I searched and searched and couldn’t find anything.

67.5% base font. 1em = 10px, 1.2em = 12px, .9em = 9px, etc…

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