Respect user agent font sizing #1280
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Do you actually have a source that says that using px in |
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My eyes are not great as they used to be so I noticed immediately as I have the base font size bumped a hair. This one is easy to test just setting the HTML as a Seeming genesis of 62.5% body: https://snook.ca/archives/html_and_css/font-size-with-rem https://www.freecodecamp.org/news/override-root-font-size-for-a-better-user-experience/ |
While the typical user agent font size is `16px`, this value is configurable by the user. Much of this project is built in `rem` unit which are relative to the base which can be helpful to accessibility. However, when a base size is set to `px` the user agent’s font size is no longer respected. This value is a percentage to match the previous `px` value (i.e. 8.25 ÷ 16). Prior arts typically use 62.5% as it makes `rem`s effectively ⅒ the `px` size which makes the math of converting much easier. Rather than touching all `rem` values, this fix merely is changing the single base value.
While the typical user agent font size is
16px, this value is configurable by the user. Much of this project is built inremunit which are relative to the base which can be helpful to accessibility. However, when a base size is set topxthe user agent’s font size is no longer respected. This value is a percentage to match the previouspxvalue (i.e. 8.25 ÷ 16).Prior arts typically use 62.5% as it makes
rems effectively ⅒ thepxsize which makes the math of converting much easier. Rather than touching allremvalues, this fix merely is changing the single base value.1
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