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CSS CSS Basics (2014) Understanding Values and Units Em Units

Aakash Srivastav
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em

Is em unit responsive?

Benjamin Kuijs
Benjamin Kuijs
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Benjamin Kuijs
Benjamin Kuijs
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Hi Aakash Srivastav,

An em unit is not fully responsive. It is related to its default pixel size of the body; mostly 16px; Unless you define a different value to it.

Take a look at these two links, it may help you a little:

https://www.w3schools.com/tags/ref_pxtoemconversion.asp

https://webdesign.tutsplus.com/tutorials/comprehensive-guide-when-to-use-em-vs-rem--cms-23984

Kind regards, Benjamin

Patrik Horváth
Patrik Horváth
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Patrik Horváth
Patrik Horváth
11,110 Points

answere is nop

use "rem" and always define root to 10px :) so 1 rem = 10px

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dragos busuioc
dragos busuioc
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dragos busuioc
dragos busuioc
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em is a responsive unit.Is responsive to the parent.For example if you set font-size 2em to a paragraph which is inside a div with font-size 16px,the paragraph font-size in px is 32 px.I suggest to use rem.Is relative to root element(html, or body)