Font Size

[arcanesanctuary]

I did and it came out worse than before. I'm not going to worry about it and just use the default template. Thank you Pierre for all your help, very mych appreciated :).

Robert

[Pierre]

No problem. I am no zen-cart expert, but had my share of struggles. Hope you find a solution.

[arcanesanctuary]

Even though I'm using the default template, if anyone has a clue as to what's going on here would still be appreciated.

[Ryk]

When you use ems for sizing, the effects are cumulative, so you need to be careful how and where you apply font-size.

[rush_woman]

What are ems anyway? This is first time I've seen this reference to a size. What the heck, I might as well learn everything I can while I'm hanging around here.

Thanks,
Cheryl

[Ryk]

Briefly, ems are a method of proportional re-sizing. The default ZC css is set up so that 1em is almost equal to 10px.

Wikipedia
One of many articles on ems in css

[rush_woman]

So after reading the link (thanks by the way), let me see if I can loosely sum it up: ems are based off of a single defined, fixed unit; ems would adjust size to whatever monitor/browser size the user is viewing the doc from. pxs would remain a constant size regardless of monitor or browser size.

Is this basically correct?

Also, are ems then primarily a web design tool versus a hard-print tool? I really have next-to no background in these things but I would like at least a superficial understanding so I can tweak my ZC a bit more.

Thanks for your time,
Cheryl

[Ryk]

Yes.

Ems originated in the printing industry. Personally I don't know if they are still used, but for websites they are very useful from an accessibility approach.