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The "rem" unit fixes that: it's "relative em" and relative to the root rather than parent. It's supported everywhere (even IE) and for new projects you should p

by arp242 3y ago

The "rem" unit fixes that: it's "relative em" and relative to the root rather than parent. It's supported everywhere (even IE) and for new projects you should probably always use "rem" and never "em".

BoppreH 3y ago
You gotta love CSS naming, where "relative em" is the version of "em" that is not relative to the parent.
- kaelig 3y ago
  That would have been a fun one, but rem stands for "root em"!
  - BoppreH 3y ago
    That's weird, I confirmed it on https://drafts.csswg.org/css-values https://drafts.csswg.org/css-values before posting that comment, but now I can't find it anymore. Thanks for the correction.