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    Aral Balkan‏ @aral 13 Mar 2013

    Post update: Pixel‐parity rems — tweak the base font size to scale everything in proportion at breakpoints: http://aralbalkan.com/notes/pixel-parity-rems/ …

    3:51 PM - 13 Mar 2013
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      2. Lea Verou‏Verified account @LeaVerou 13 Mar 2013
        Replying to @aral

        @aral please do not set the base font-size in absolute units, it prevents users from changing it :(

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      3. Aral Balkan‏ @aral 14 Mar 2013
        Replying to @LeaVerou

        @LeaVerou Reading up on that now. Do you have a good reference link? Is that true on all browsers? (Will test + update).

        2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
      4. Laura Kalbag‏ @laurakalbag 14 Mar 2013
        Replying to @aral

        @aral @LeaVerou ook, I’m sure I mentioned that at some point (but it might have been to myself, in my head…)

        2 replies 0 retweets 1 like
      5. Aral Balkan‏ @aral 14 Mar 2013
        Replying to @laurakalbag

        @laurakalbag @LeaVerou Do you have a good link for reference?

        2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
      6. Laura Kalbag‏ @laurakalbag 14 Mar 2013
        Replying to @aral

        @aral nope. It’s another one of those wonky bits of knowledge where you know it came from somewhere but can’t remember where… +@LeaVerou

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      7. Aral Balkan‏ @aral 14 Mar 2013
        Replying to @laurakalbag

        @laurakalbag @LeaVerou I find lots of hearsay around CSS, some of which is outdated and some just plain wrong. Will test and see…

        2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
      8. Laura Kalbag‏ @laurakalbag 14 Mar 2013
        Replying to @aral

        @aral it’s not hearsay, it’s accommodating. It’s about your approach and if you care about old/less capable browsers by default +@LeaVerou

        2 replies 0 retweets 1 like
      9. Aral Balkan‏ @aral 14 Mar 2013
        Replying to @laurakalbag

        @laurakalbag @LeaVerou What I’m saying is, it would help me make an educated decision if I knew exactly which older browsers are effected…

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      2. Andy Hawken‏ @andiih 14 Mar 2013
        Replying to @aral

        @aral thx. nice clear thinking on pixel parity rems. Well done to you and @laurakalbag that’s going in my toolbox!

        1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
      3. Aral Balkan‏ @aral 15 Mar 2013
        Replying to @andiih

        @andiih :) +@laurakalbag

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      2. David Storey‏ @dstorey 13 Mar 2013
        Replying to @aral

        @aral you could set that base font-size in the media query as a % rather than px. Will be more friendly to user if increased their font size

        1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
      3. Aral Balkan‏ @aral 13 Mar 2013
        Replying to @dstorey

        @dstorey I will definitely look into that, David, thanks :)

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      2. Perry Stevenson‏ @maverpix 13 Mar 2013
        Replying to @aral

        @aral Fine and useful article Aral, all the better for the much underused term "poppycock"

        1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
      3. Aral Balkan‏ @aral 13 Mar 2013
        Replying to @maverpix

        @maverpix I thought that was my finest hour, to be honest.

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      2. Jake Archibald‏ @jaffathecake 13 Mar 2013
        Replying to @aral

        @aral but then you lose pixel parity, right? Surely if you want a unit that is matched to CSS pixels, you want CSS pixels

        4 replies 0 retweets 1 like
      3. Aral Balkan‏ @aral 13 Mar 2013
        Replying to @jaffathecake

        @jaffathecake In practice, I’ve rarely found myself struggling with tweaks at breakpoints as I base all my values off of a…

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      2. Chris Coyier‏Verified account @chriscoyier 13 Mar 2013
        Replying to @aral

        @aral Heck yeah. I love using all ems and nudging the entire document up and down at breakpoints

        1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
      3. Aral Balkan‏ @aral 13 Mar 2013
        Replying to @chriscoyier

        @chriscoyier It’s magic, isn’t it? :)

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      2. Daryl Walker-Smith  ☕‏ @darylws 13 Mar 2013
        Replying to @aral

        @aral As always a very interesting post Sir! ;o) #pixelparity

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      3. Aral Balkan‏ @aral 13 Mar 2013
        Replying to @darylws

        @darylws Thank you muchly :)

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