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Jellby · 05-03-2010, 11:18 AM

I believe the "best" way would be some combination of absolute and relative units, with a stepwise multi-variable function definition (if font size is smaller than x, then do this, else do that; if screen width is larger than x, then do this, else do that). In CSS3 there is the calc function, that could be useful, but it's missing max/min operators anyway. ADE's conditional styling could be used too, but it's not a standard feature.

I usually set all lengths in em units, even margins, but I don't define the body margin, but the margins for blockquotes, poetry, etc.

05-03-2010, 11:18 AM	#10
Jellby frumious Bandersnatch Posts: 7,516 Karma: 18512745 Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Spaniard in Sweden Device: Cybook Orizon, Kobo Aura	I believe the "best" way would be some combination of absolute and relative units, with a stepwise multi-variable function definition (if font size is smaller than x, then do this, else do that; if screen width is larger than x, then do this, else do that). In CSS3 there is the calc function, that could be useful, but it's missing max/min operators anyway. ADE's conditional styling could be used too, but it's not a standard feature. I usually set all lengths in em units, even margins, but I don't define the body margin, but the margins for blockquotes, poetry, etc.