Responsive typography
nolasco7a
Posted on May 25, 2023
I have experience as a developer but I get surprise because every time you can discover new things, in my case I discover the power of font-size as size base for HTML document or web page
let me explain, everybody knows 1rem = 16px, but.... why.
this is thanks to font-size base in HTML that is 16px by default, then if you change your font-size to 20px, now 1rem = 20px, and then instead of changing all our typography classes or styles, we can simplify this task making the following to create a fully responsive typography:
Imagine that you have the following styles for you typography
p {margin-bottom: 1rem;}
h1, h2, h3, h4, h5 {
margin: 3rem 0 1.38rem;
font-family: 'Poppins', sans-serif;
font-weight: 400;
line-height: 1.3;
}
h1 {
margin-top: 0;
font-size: 3.052rem;
}
h2 {font-size: 2.441rem;}
h3 {font-size: 1.953rem;}
h4 {font-size: 1.563rem;}
h5 {font-size: 1.25rem;}
small, .text_small {font-size: 0.8rem;}
Now to become our styles to a fully responsive typography we only have to add a media queries to change our font-size base
example:
/* Base style */
html {
font-size: 16px;
}
/* Media queries */
@media (max-width: 768px) {
html {
font-size: 12px;
}
}
And then we have a typography fully responsive for our website, where for small devices 1rem = 12px and for other device sizes 1rem = 16px.
I hope this blog helps someone.
Posted on May 25, 2023
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