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Swan The Human
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What does the font-size default to if you don't declare it in the stylesheet?

In this specific video, Anwar selected the 'html' in the stylesheet and set the font-size to 1.25em. So at this point, anything referenced with the 'rem' unit value would be relative to the original 1.25em. I am just curious as to what the default value is/ what would happen if the 1.25em value isn't declared for the html tag. Thanks!

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Steven Parker
Steven Parker
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Steven Parker
Steven Parker
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The default font size depends on the browser, but typically it is 16px.