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  • Jorge Vega
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    Jorge Vega
    Front End Web Development Techdegree Student 2,905 Points

    When to use rem, em or px?

    Posted April 18, 2019 8:57pm by Jorge Vega
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    Jorge Vega
    Front End Web Development Techdegree Student 2,905 Points
    • Design
    • Web Typography
    • Laying Out Type for the Web
    • Responsive Typography

    2 Answers

  • angiejang
    angiejang
    3,134 Points

    Why is it necessary to use em for the height of padding but % for the width of padding...?

    Posted March 29, 2019 6:07am by angiejang
    angiejang
    3,134 Points
    • Design
    • Web Typography
    • Laying Out Type for the Web
    • Responsive Typography

    1 Answer

  • Michael Pashkov
    Michael Pashkov
    22,024 Points

    Good course, but why not mobile first approach?

    Posted January 8, 2019 2:45pm by Michael Pashkov
    Michael Pashkov
    22,024 Points
    • Design
    • Web Typography
    • Laying Out Type for the Web
    • Responsive Typography

    0 Answers

  • Bartlomiej Zabielski
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    Bartlomiej Zabielski
    Courses Plus Student 10,363 Points

    @media video responsive typography video

    Posted January 25, 2018 7:52am by Bartlomiej Zabielski
    Bartlomiej Zabielski
    Courses Plus Student 10,363 Points
    • Design
    • Web Typography
    • Laying Out Type for the Web
    • Responsive Typography

    2 Answers

  • Pawel Ellwart
    Pawel Ellwart
    12,993 Points

    Black background is not covering full browser width

    Posted December 29, 2017 12:15pm by Pawel Ellwart
    Pawel Ellwart
    12,993 Points
    • Design
    • Web Typography
    • Laying Out Type for the Web
    • Typographic Hierarchy: Caps, Color, and Pairing Typefaces - Part 2

    1 Answer

  • gene c
    gene c
    13,630 Points

    Why is it wrong to always base our typography decisions on measure?

    Posted December 23, 2017 2:47pm by gene c
    gene c
    13,630 Points
    • Design
    • Web Typography
    • Laying Out Type for the Web
    • Responsive Typography: Review

    1 Answer

  • gene c
    gene c
    13,630 Points

    The small caps of a typeface is what?

    Posted December 23, 2017 2:33pm by gene c
    gene c
    13,630 Points
    • Design
    • Web Typography
    • Laying Out Type for the Web
    • Caps, Color, and Pairing Typefaces: Review

    1 Answer

  • mohammed mayat
    mohammed mayat
    4,228 Points

    font typography - google font slow load

    Posted November 2, 2017 11:25am by mohammed mayat
    mohammed mayat
    4,228 Points
    • Design
    • Web Typography
    • Laying Out Type for the Web
    • Typographic Hierarchy: Caps, Color, and Pairing Typefaces - Part 2

    4 Answers

  • Andre Kucharzyk
    Andre Kucharzyk
    4,479 Points

    My screen resolution vs resolution in chrome dev tools

    Posted October 13, 2017 2:40pm by Andre Kucharzyk
    Andre Kucharzyk
    4,479 Points
    • Design
    • Web Typography
    • Laying Out Type for the Web
    • Responsive Typography

    5 Answers

  • Andre Kucharzyk
    Andre Kucharzyk
    4,479 Points

    why would you define @media max-width with ems instead of px?

    Posted October 12, 2017 6:14pm by Andre Kucharzyk
    Andre Kucharzyk
    4,479 Points
    • Design
    • Web Typography
    • Laying Out Type for the Web
    • Responsive Typography

    1 Answer

  • Andre Kucharzyk
    Andre Kucharzyk
    4,479 Points

    Drop cap - question about display type.

    Posted October 11, 2017 7:49pm by Andre Kucharzyk
    Andre Kucharzyk
    4,479 Points
    • Design
    • Web Typography
    • Laying Out Type for the Web
    • Typographic Hierarchy: Caps, Color, and Pairing Typefaces

    2 Answers

  • Josie Nagy
    Josie Nagy
    14,992 Points

    How should I use FitText.js? ( Web Typography -> Responsive Typography )

    Posted March 30, 2017 12:47pm by Josie Nagy
    Josie Nagy
    14,992 Points
    • Design
    • Web Typography
    • Laying Out Type for the Web
    • Responsive Typography

    1 Answer

  • Padraig Fagan
    Padraig Fagan
    1,564 Points

    Why the Slow Loading Time?

    Posted September 27, 2016 12:25pm by Padraig Fagan
    Padraig Fagan
    1,564 Points
    • Design
    • Web Typography
    • Laying Out Type for the Web
    • Typographic Hierarchy: Caps, Color, and Pairing Typefaces - Part 2

    1 Answer

  • Yuqi Feng
    Yuqi Feng
    4,686 Points

    Why is the container max-width 46rem? Why 46? What is the route em here? Why should it be rem rather than em here?

    Posted July 25, 2016 4:12pm by Yuqi Feng
    Yuqi Feng
    4,686 Points
    • Design
    • Web Typography
    • Laying Out Type for the Web
    • Responsive Typography

    1 Answer

  • Jacob Hieter
    Jacob Hieter
    3,400 Points

    A common trend in web page design

    Posted July 2, 2016 9:39pm by Jacob Hieter
    Jacob Hieter
    3,400 Points
    • Design
    • Web Typography
    • Laying Out Type for the Web
    • Typographic Hierarchy: Caps, Color, and Pairing Typefaces - Part 2

    1 Answer

  • Gabriel Ward
    Gabriel Ward
    20,222 Points

    Increasing font size

    Posted February 8, 2016 8:05pm by Gabriel Ward
    Gabriel Ward
    20,222 Points
    • Design
    • Web Typography
    • Laying Out Type for the Web
    • Typographic Hierarchy: Caps, Color, and Pairing Typefaces - Part 2

    2 Answers

  • Petrov von Petrov
    Petrov von Petrov
    21,916 Points

    40-50 words?

    Posted June 16, 2015 3:18pm by Petrov von Petrov
    Petrov von Petrov
    21,916 Points
    • Design
    • Web Typography
    • Laying Out Type for the Web
    • Responsive Typography

    4 Answers

  • David Scanu
    David Scanu
    20,160 Points

    Why using the media querie on the body selector, not on the html selector ?

    Posted May 6, 2015 5:51pm by David Scanu
    David Scanu
    20,160 Points
    • Design
    • Web Typography
    • Laying Out Type for the Web
    • Responsive Typography

    0 Answers

  • Keyser Soze
    Keyser Soze
    5,875 Points

    When utilizing color, plays a key role in hierarchy?

    Posted April 10, 2015 4:39pm by Keyser Soze
    Keyser Soze
    5,875 Points
    • Design
    • Web Typography
    • Laying Out Type for the Web
    • Caps, Color, and Pairing Typefaces: Review

    7 Answers

  • Philip Enchin
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    Philip Enchin
    Full Stack JavaScript Techdegree Student 24,726 Points

    Smart quotes and other characters. HTML character entities vs. just typing them out...

    Posted March 16, 2015 2:14am by Philip Enchin
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    Philip Enchin
    Full Stack JavaScript Techdegree Student 24,726 Points
    • Design
    • Web Typography
    • Laying Out Type for the Web
    • Advanced Web Typography

    0 Answers

  • Gemma Weirs
    Gemma Weirs
    15,054 Points

    Moods in typography

    Posted October 24, 2014 12:05pm by Gemma Weirs
    Gemma Weirs
    15,054 Points
    • Design
    • Web Typography
    • Laying Out Type for the Web
    • Typographic Hierarchy: Caps, Color, and Pairing Typefaces - Part 2

    2 Answers

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