The Trouble With Viewport Units
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@br0llercoaster wrote on
Hey, is your site supposed to have a font size of 52px on large displays? Not very comfortable to read an entire article like that.
Matthias Beitl wrote on
In reply to: @br0llercoaster.
Font size is viewport-based (2vw), so technically yes. But thanks for the feedback, I’ll give it a thought.
Kyle Ehrlich wrote on
Unrelated but the text scaling on this website is appalling.
— Image by Kyle Ehrlich (Source: Twitter)
Matthias Beitl wrote on
In reply to: @KyleDavidE.
yup, already working on that viewport-sized typography fix […]
Kyle Ehrlich wrote on
In reply to: @CSSence.
Nice! Since getting this monitor I have found a bunch of broken sites. You are the first to do anything.
Matthias Beitl wrote on
In reply to: @KyleDavidE.
Done by ditching the vw unit entirely. But I’ll look into this: zellwk.com/blog/viewport-based-typography
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