ems or pixels

[Firecom]

Hi

I normally ems when I set font sizes in dreamweaver, but I see actinic uses pixels as a standard. Should I change my stylesheets in dw8 to be pixels too?

[leehack]

Change actinic to use ems if you are comfortable using them.

[jont]

Depends - ems allows better flexibility for accessibility / scaling etc but px gives better layout structure - either will work fine but ems is better in the long run - I wouldn't get too bogged down in it to start with.

[itmdesign]

Dynamic text size is definitely better practice - the only thing you have to watch out for is how it affects your design layout when using accessibility features

[jont]

how it affects your design layout when using accessibility features

I nearly cried after looking at my website on an elderly relatives computer who had the display set to a font size to rival the HOLYWOOD hillside text!