Please stop using px for font-size.

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What CSS unit should you use for font size? In this video, I'll show you why you should not use the px unit for font-size, width, and height of elements. The px unit is not affected by the browser's base font size, and so is not accessible for users who want to increase the font-size by using that browser setting. For accessibility, it's better to use rem or em units

0:00 - Intro
0:23 - The problem with px
3:28 - Don't use px for widths
5:32 - Don't use px in media queries
9:03 - Ways to convert from px to rems
12:20 - What about the 62.5% hack?

Resources mentioned in video:
🐙 GitHub repo: https://github.com/thecodercoder/stop...
🖥️ MDN notes on pixels and font-size -- https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/d...
↗️ WCAG Resize Text standards -- https://www.w3.org/WAI/WCAG22/quickre...
✒️ Josh Comeau, "The Surprising Truth About Pixels and Accessibility" -- https://www.joshwcomeau.com/css/surpr...

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