px vs rem: what to use for font-size in your CSS

🔥 My course: Responsive Design for Beginners! https://coder-coder.com/responsive/ 💻 Become a full-stack web dev with Zero to Mastery: https://academy.zerotomastery.io/a/af... In this video I talk about why I use the rem unit instead of px (pixels) for font-size in my CSS styles. And I show you how I use rems and convert them to px in my Sass/SCSS workflow! 0:00 - intro 0:48 - how to change base font size in the browser 1:45 - font-size computed with rem units is accessible 3:32 - using px for font-size is not accessible 5:09 - why not just use zoom? 6:24 - absolute and relative units in CSS 7:22 - how em differs from rem 11:21 - the 62.5% hack for easier px to rem conversion 13:32 - I use a Sass function to convert instead ____________________________ SUPPORT THE CHANNEL ⭐ Join channel members and get perks:    / @thecodercoder   👏🏽 Hit the THANKS button in any video! 🎨 Get my VS Code theme: https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/... WANT TO LEARN WEB DEV? Check out my courses: 🌟 Responsive Design for Beginners: https://coder-coder.com/responsive/ 🌟 Gulp for Beginners: https://coder-coder.com/gulp-course/ RECOMMENDATIONS ⌨ My keyboard-- get 10% off with code THECODERCODER -- https://vissles.com/?ref=mu96kxst5w 💻 Other gear -- https://www.amazon.com/shop/thecoderc... 📚 My Favorite Books -- https://coder-coder.com/best-web-deve... 📺 My Favorite Courses -- https://coder-coder.com/best-web-deve... 🔽 FOLLOW CODER CODER Blog -- https://coder-coder.com/ Twitter --   / thecodercoder   Instagram --   / thecodercoder   #webdevelopment #coding #programming