andy206uk — Wed, 13 Dec 2006 12:33:54 +0000

I use em's for text styling and pixels and percents for the site layout. That's kinda how they're designed to be used. (although if you use ems for everything, when you increase the text size the rest of the site scales with it which is pretty cool!)

Monkeyboy — Wed, 13 Dec 2006 10:59:20 +0000

Thanks for the help guys. I've just changed all the px to ems. It probably would have all been fine as it was but I like to do things correctly wherever possible.

ophir.oren — Wed, 13 Dec 2006 08:38:56 +0000

depends on your needs. if you design a pre-sized website then use px. I use % because I usually try to design websites to fit different kind of resolutions.

Renegade — Wed, 13 Dec 2006 00:57:58 +0000

Personally, I prefer to use em over the % (I never use px, it's a little silly). This is because % is based on the relative width of its container. Where as, an em is based on a letter.

In case you're wondering how big an "em" is, try typing in the letter "m" in 12pt size. That's how big an "em" is. It is used because it is the widest and squarish letter in the English alphabet (an "em space/block" is 12pt high and 12pt wide) . An "en" is half the size of an "em." If you type in an "n" you'll see why.