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Re:Resilient Web Design by pkinchla on Tuesday December 13, 2016 @02:11PM (#13169747)
It uses viewports units for type sizing. You can always turn off CSS
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Re:Resilient Web Design by simlevesque on Tuesday December 13, 2016 @02:17PM (#13169817)
> You can always turn off CSS

Yeah but that kinda obliterates the whole point of reading something about good design.

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Re:Resilient Web Design by pkinchla on Tuesday December 13, 2016 @03:32PM (#13170678)
Not trying to troll but good web design is about a lot more than CSS.
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Re:Resilient Web Design by simlevesque on Tuesday December 13, 2016 @03:59PM (#13170940)
I know but I'm not talking about CSS, I'm talking about: try to read your own website before releasing it.
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Re:Resilient Web Design by serg_chernata on Tuesday December 13, 2016 @02:39PM (#13170099)
Out of genuine curiosity, why? What happened to using "em" or "rem"?
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Re:Resilient Web Design by tribby on Tuesday December 13, 2016 @02:55PM (#13170301)
the site isn't loading so I can't say for sure, but I'd guess the intention is something like fittext.js. which makes sense in some cases for large type inside of hero units etc, but even then you'll want sensible containers, and for body text, this is a terrible idea. em/rem are fine.
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