Contents tagged “em”

There are 11 contents with this tag:

1. 

   Kathleen McMahon

   Pixels vs. Relative Units in CSS: why it’s still a big deal

   • Nicolas Hoizey
   • 20 April 2023
   • accessibility, CSS, em, rem
   • 4 reactions

   Remember, users really do change their settings under the hood, and we should be maintaining users’ control over their own browsing experience. If…

2. 

   Josh Collinsworth

   Why you should never use px to set font-size in CSS

   • Nicolas Hoizey
   • 15 November 2022
   • em, rem, accessibility
   • 4 reactions

   Let’s be very clear: it absolutely does matter what unit you use in your CSS. And you should avoid px when setting font-size wherever possible.…

3. 

   Christine Vallaure

   Why designers should move from px to rem - and how to do that in Figma

   • Nicolas Hoizey
   • 17 November 2021
   • Figma, accessibility, em, rem, UI, design
   • 4 reactions

   If you're a Web developer (as most of my readers), you already know that users DO change font size (in their browser preferences), so you make sure…

4. 

   Eric Bailey

   Paint the Picture, Not the Frame: How Browsers Provide Everything Users Need

   • Nicolas Hoizey
   • 10 September 2019
   • accessibility, em

   Eric describes the issues people can face while using browsers to navigate on the Web, with a lot of great accessibility hints. people who feel they…

5. 

   Harry Roberts

   Font sizing with rem could be avoided

   • Nicolas Hoizey
   • 20 February 2019
   • em, rem, 62.5%, accessibility, CSS

   I don't really agree with the simple statement made in the title of this article, as sizing fonts with rem is sometimes useful to escape the default…

6. Users DO change font size

   • Nicolas Hoizey
   • 15 June 2018
   • accessibility, font, em
   • 40 reactions

   Evan Minto wrote a great article showing the Internet Archive has tested the actual root font-size set by their visitors, and the result shows a lot of people still change the default one: Pixels vs. Ems: Users DO Change Font Size.

7. Soignez votre lisibilité avec des textes de largeur maîtrisée

   • Nicolas Hoizey
   • 11 August 2016
   • accessibility, UX, em

   Afin d'assurer une présentation optimale du texte pour la lisibilité, il est nécessaire de définir un nombre optimal de caractères par ligne quelle que soit la taille du texte.

8. People don't change the default 16px font size in their browser (You wish!)

   • Nicolas Hoizey
   • 2 March 2016
   • em, accessibility, font
   • 90 reactions

   I am really happy to still read articles that advocate for the use of proportional CSS units as em and rem in 2016. But there are often trolls that come comment these articles to say that we, who are using proportional units, are dumb, because there is no need for this. Here is an example. There are unfortunately two misleading urban legends in most web developers minds. I often call myself a troll, that's not that harsh when I'm the one saying it… 😉

9. Une ode à l'em

   • Nicolas Hoizey
   • 10 December 2013
   • quality, responsive, em, accessibility
   • 4 reactions

   Après avoir eu des retours plutôt nombreux et positifs suite à ma conférence à Paris Web 2013, j'ai retroussé mes manches pour proposer une version…

10. Ma conférence à Paris Web 2013

    • Nicolas Hoizey
    • 24 October 2013
    • Paris Web, conference, responsive, em, accessibility
    • 4 reactions

    Après y avoir assisté plusieurs années en tant qu'auditeur, j'ai eu la joie — le privilège — d'être sélectionné parmi les orateurs de l'édition 2013.…

11. Un petit pas pour l'em, un grand pas pour le Web

    • Nicolas Hoizey
    • 10 October 2013
    • quality, em, Paris Web, accessibility

    Voici le pitch de la conférence que j'ai proposé d'animer à Paris Web 2013. Aujourd’hui, je parcours le Web principalement sur mon ordinateur portable,…

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