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CSS

Posted by Coskun Olcucu
Coskun Olcucu
4,562 Points

How to know what units do we need to use? Em,pixels ,or percentage?

When it comes to units,I am confused.Can some one explain me how to know what units we need to use ?

1 Answer

Shaun Earley
Shaun Earley
20,412 Points
Shaun Earley
Shaun Earley
20,412 Points

Here's a good article, that I found very helpful when I asked myself the same question. It's a confusing subject at first.

[http://kyleschaeffer.com/development/css-font-size-em-vs-px-vs-pt-vs/]

Roy Penrod
Roy Penrod
19,810 Points

Good article, Shaun. Thanks for sharing it.