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CSS CSS Foundations Web Typography Responsive Text and Vertical Rhythm: Part 2

Alexandru Dan Dodu
Alexandru Dan Dodu
2,910 Points
Posted by Alexandru Dan Dodu
Alexandru Dan Dodu
2,910 Points

Viewport units (vw)

As SERGIO RODRIGUEZ said in question "Current support of viewport units vs FitText", viewport units seem to be supported by all browsers. However legacy browsers, such as IE8, Safari5, Opera Mini and Android 4.3 (which we could not say it is legacy) don't support it.

Is there a possibility in CSS to search for support of the vw unit? I would like to use vw and then, verify: if it is not supported, then use px, but only for those browsers that don't support it. For example, Android 4.3 is quite used.

1 Answer

Rich Bagley
Rich Bagley
25,869 Points

Hi Alexandru,

This article from CSS Tricks under the heading Using it now might have the answers you need.

Hope that helps.

-Rich