Thursday, November 11, 2004

The trouble with using ems and percents for font sizing

The trouble with using ems and percents for font sizing:
"When good intentions fail

Relative font sizing is a great idea that fails to live up to its promises of user accessibility or design flexibility for the Web builder. In order to use relative font sizing successfully, you need to plan your page design and CSS styles very carefully to avoid the potential problems of nesting elements. You can do it, but it's not easy and it imposes significant restrictions on your design options. Otherwise, you need to rely on keywords or absolute measurements for font sizing. "

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