Comments on snippet: 'How to use EM's when you're already comfortable with pixels' Snipplr comments feed https://snipplr.com/ Mon, 13 Apr 2026 07:33:35 +0000 koncept said on 15/Jun/2008 https://snipplr.com/view/6654/how-to-use-ems-when-youre-already-comfortable-with-pixels <p><p>I'm not following the use of 125% for HTML. Since a browser's default font size is 16px, what if you were to do the following instead:</p> <p>html { font-size:100%; /<em>IE</em>/} body {font-size:62.5% /* Reduce to 10px base <em>/} p { font-size: 1.2em /</em> 12px */ } ...</p></p> Sun, 15 Jun 2008 06:48:49 UTC https://snipplr.com/view/6654/how-to-use-ems-when-youre-already-comfortable-with-pixels chrisaiv said on 20/Jun/2008 https://snipplr.com/view/6654/how-to-use-ems-when-youre-already-comfortable-with-pixels <p><p>body { font-size:62.5% } works too! Personal preference. </p></p> Fri, 20 Jun 2008 20:02:24 UTC https://snipplr.com/view/6654/how-to-use-ems-when-youre-already-comfortable-with-pixels Guest said on 14/Oct/2025 https://snipplr.com/view/6654/how-to-use-ems-when-youre-already-comfortable-with-pixels <p>Thanks for this post</p> Tue, 14 Oct 2025 05:11:41 UTC https://snipplr.com/view/6654/how-to-use-ems-when-youre-already-comfortable-with-pixels