https://1f52b.xyz/tags/design/Recent content in Design on 1F52BHugo -- gohugo.ioen-GBcrypto@1f52b.xyz (1F52B)crypto@1f52b.xyz (1F52B)Tue, 03 May 2016 00:00:00 +0000https://1f52b.xyz/article/2016/05/ems-are-better-than-px/Tue, 03 May 2016 00:00:00 +0000crypto@1f52b.xyz (1F52B)https://1f52b.xyz/article/2016/05/ems-are-better-than-px/It’s pretty arbitrary which unit we Web Designers and Developers end up using - while it may seem the pixel, px is founded in the reality of how displays work and therefore is effectively the quanta of scale on the web, this isn’t actually the case. So, what’s actually wrong with the pixel? Well, it’s not intrinsically flawed, but that doesn’t mean there aren’t better alternatives. For one, it’s misleading to think of it as representing a single physical pixel - it’s actually an angular measurement, relative to the resolution of the viewport. Furthermore, Responsive Design has almost completely eclipsed the two-site mobile/desktop design pattern, so it’s likely that you’re going to make use of @media queries somewhere in your stylesheets.