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Posted by Gary Jennings
Gary Jennings
22,408 Points

is there ever a time to use 'em' over 'rem'?

Why would I ever use 'em' when I can just use 'rem'? It seems a lot simpler to just reference the root font size all the time instead of thinking about nested em sizes.

2 Answers

Ken Alger
STAFF
Ken Alger
Treehouse Teacher
Ken Alger
Ken Alger
Treehouse Teacher

Gary;

Here is a good article on this subject.

Ken

Kevin Korte
Kevin Korte
28,149 Points
Kevin Korte
Kevin Korte
28,149 Points

In addition, you might find this good from CSS-Tricks

http://css-tricks.com/rems-ems/