Font sizing in EM or PX? written 7 years ago
Here’s a quick study of some popular sites into what units they use to specify font sizes, widths etc.
| Site | em | px | textual (e.g. ‘small’) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| reddit.com | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| bbc.co.uk | ✓ | Richard Rutter Style | ||
| thetimes.co.uk | ✓ | Richard Rutter Style | ||
| rnib.org.uk | ✓ | Richard Rutter Style | ||
| clagnut.com | ✓ | ✓ | Root font size set in px, modified with ems thereafter | |
| facebook.com | ✓ | |||
| twitter.com | ✓ | |||
| guardian.co.uk | ✓ | |||
| google.com | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| amazon.co.uk | ✓ | ✓ | Mixture of px and ‘small’ | |
| ebay.com | ✓ |
This list was compiled using the element inspector in Firefox, or having a cursory look over the css for the site. It may not 100% accurate
Interesting to note that Richard Rutter himself no longer favours the Richard Rutter Method of Font-Sizing.
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