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CSS

Posted by Ismael Ramirez
Ismael Ramirez
3,627 Points

Guil Hernandez divides 23px to 53px and gets .5em. How does he get that?

Please explain...

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
243,656 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
243,656 Points

Please provide a link to the course page where you found this (and a time index if it's a video).

1 Answer

Cory Harkins
Cory Harkins
16,500 Points
Cory Harkins
Cory Harkins
16,500 Points

I'm sure it's just to approximate the em value. Sometimes you want an extremely long decimal value, sometimes it's not really imperative...

The actual em value for 23/53 is .4339622641blah blah blah.

For your web design typography and what-not, do what you feel looks aesthetically pleasing.