Do you know how many pixels there are to an em? How about an en? What is wrong with pixels? And the big question is, who should dictate the font and font size, the web page designer or the browser user? While there are different opinions regarding these questions, I am going argue for ems and user control.
This is by no means a new topic, it is just an often ignored topic. It is so easy to fall in the trap of assuming that everybody sees the world exactly as we see it. We tend to forget about the blind and visually impaired, when we design our Web. In so doing, we ignore an important audience.
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