{"id":1959,"date":"2016-10-30T13:40:05","date_gmt":"2016-10-30T18:40:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cssnewbie.com\/?p=1959"},"modified":"2016-10-30T13:40:05","modified_gmt":"2016-10-30T18:40:05","slug":"understanding-css3s-font-size-property","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cssdeck.com\/blog\/understanding-css3s-font-size-property\/","title":{"rendered":"Understanding CSS3&#8217;s Font-Size Property"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>CSS3&#8217;s font-size property is one that is used very commonly, so it&#8217;s important to understand\u00a0exactly how to use it. Most new developers may think that the font-size property only takes fixed values in any of the common units of measurement (px, em, rem, cm, etc), but the property also takes values in percentages (%) and predefined values (small, medium, large, etc), which is what we&#8217;ll cover in this post.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1964 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/cssdeck.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Screen-Shot-2016-10-30-at-2.40.11-PM.png\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2016-10-30 at 2.40.11 PM\" width=\"396\" height=\"50\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The predefined values that the font-size property takes are as follows:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>xx-small<\/li>\n<li>x-small<\/li>\n<li>small<\/li>\n<li>medium<\/li>\n<li>large<\/li>\n<li>x-large<\/li>\n<li>xx-large<\/li>\n<li>smaller<\/li>\n<li>larger<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Here&#8217;s an example of how you&#8217;d use it in your CSS (compare the font-size in the screenshot below to the font-size in the one above to see the difference between the default and the fixed values):<\/p>\n<div id=\"ig-sh-1\" class=\"syntax_hilite\">\r\n\r\n\t\t<div class=\"toolbar\">\r\n\r\n\t\t<div class=\"view-different-container\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"#\" class=\"view-different\">&lt; View <span>plain text<\/span> &gt;<\/a>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\r\n\t\t<div class=\"language-name\">css<\/div>\r\n\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t<br clear=\"both\">\r\n\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n\t\r\n\t<div class=\"code\">\r\n\t\t<ol class=\"css\" style=\"font-family:monospace\"><li style=\"font-weight: normal;vertical-align:top\"><div style=\"font: normal normal 1em\/1.2em monospace;margin:0;padding:0;background:none;vertical-align:top\">p<span style=\"color: #00AA00\">&#123;<\/span><\/div><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: normal;vertical-align:top\"><div style=\"font: normal normal 1em\/1.2em monospace;margin:0;padding:0;background:none;vertical-align:top\"><span style=\"color: #000000;font-weight: bold\">font-size<\/span><span style=\"color: #00AA00\">:<\/span> <span style=\"color: #993333\">larger<\/span><span style=\"color: #00AA00\">;<\/span><\/div><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: normal;vertical-align:top\"><div style=\"font: normal normal 1em\/1.2em monospace;margin:0;padding:0;background:none;vertical-align:top\"><span style=\"color: #00AA00\">&#125;<\/span><\/div><\/li>\n<\/ol>\t<\/div>\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1963 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/cssdeck.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Screen-Shot-2016-10-30-at-2.39.49-PM.png\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2016-10-30 at 2.39.49 PM\" width=\"668\" height=\"64\" \/><\/p>\n<p>You can also adjust or define the font-size using percentage values, which work to set the font-size to a percentage of the font-size of the parent value. Check it out below:<\/p>\n<div id=\"ig-sh-2\" class=\"syntax_hilite\">\r\n\r\n\t\t<div class=\"toolbar\">\r\n\r\n\t\t<div class=\"view-different-container\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"#\" class=\"view-different\">&lt; View <span>plain text<\/span> &gt;<\/a>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\r\n\t\t<div class=\"language-name\">css<\/div>\r\n\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t<br clear=\"both\">\r\n\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n\t\r\n\t<div class=\"code\">\r\n\t\t<ol class=\"css\" style=\"font-family:monospace\"><li style=\"font-weight: normal;vertical-align:top\"><div style=\"font: normal normal 1em\/1.2em monospace;margin:0;padding:0;background:none;vertical-align:top\">p<span style=\"color: #00AA00\">&#123;<\/span><\/div><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: normal;vertical-align:top\"><div style=\"font: normal normal 1em\/1.2em monospace;margin:0;padding:0;background:none;vertical-align:top\"><span style=\"color: #000000;font-weight: bold\">font-size<\/span><span style=\"color: #00AA00\">:<\/span> <span style=\"color: #933\">300%<\/span><span style=\"color: #00AA00\">;<\/span><\/div><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: normal;vertical-align:top\"><div style=\"font: normal normal 1em\/1.2em monospace;margin:0;padding:0;background:none;vertical-align:top\"><span style=\"color: #00AA00\">&#125;<\/span><\/div><\/li>\n<\/ol>\t<\/div>\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1966\" src=\"https:\/\/cssdeck.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Screen-Shot-2016-10-30-at-2.45.47-PM.png\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2016-10-30 at 2.45.47 PM\" width=\"700\" height=\"518\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-socializer wpsr-share-icons \" data-lg-action=\"show\" data-sm-action=\"show\" data-sm-width=\"768\" ><h3>Share and Enjoy !<\/h3><div class=\"wpsr-si-inner\"><div class=\"wpsr-counter wpsrc-sz-32px\" style=\"color:#000\"><span class=\"scount\"><span data-wpsrs=\"\" data-wpsrs-svcs=\"facebook,twitter,linkedin,pinterest,print,pdf\">0<\/span><\/span><small class=\"stext\">Shares<\/small><\/div><div class=\"socializer sr-popup sr-32px sr-circle sr-opacity sr-pad sr-count-1 sr-count-1\"><span class=\"sr-facebook\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/share.php?u=\" target=\"_blank\"  title=\"Share this on Facebook\"  style=\"color: #ffffff\" ><i class=\"fab fa-facebook-f\"><\/i><span class=\"ctext\"><span data-wpsrs=\"\" data-wpsrs-svcs=\"facebook\">0<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span>\n<span class=\"sr-twitter\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=%20-%20%20\" target=\"_blank\"  title=\"Tweet this !\"  style=\"color: #ffffff\" ><i class=\"fab fa-twitter\"><\/i><\/a><\/span>\n<span class=\"sr-linkedin\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/sharing\/share-offsite\/?url=\" target=\"_blank\"  title=\"Add this to LinkedIn\"  style=\"color: #ffffff\" ><i class=\"fab fa-linkedin-in\"><\/i><\/a><\/span>\n<span class=\"sr-pinterest\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/pin\/create\/button\/?url=&amp;media=&amp;description=\" target=\"_blank\"  title=\"Submit this to Pinterest\"  style=\"color: #ffffff\" data-pin-custom=\"true\"><i class=\"fab fa-pinterest\"><\/i><span class=\"ctext\"><span data-wpsrs=\"\" data-wpsrs-svcs=\"pinterest\">0<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span>\n<span class=\"sr-print\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.printfriendly.com\/print?url=\" target=\"_blank\"  title=\"Print this article \"  style=\"color: #ffffff\" ><i class=\"fa fa-print\"><\/i><\/a><\/span>\n<span class=\"sr-pdf\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.printfriendly.com\/print?url=\" target=\"_blank\"  title=\"Convert to PDF\"  style=\"color: #ffffff\" ><i class=\"fa fa-file-pdf\"><\/i><\/a><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CSS3&#8217;s font-size property is one that is used very commonly, so it&#8217;s important to understand\u00a0exactly how to use it. 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