Set body font-size to 62.5% for Easier em Conversion

by Ashley N Cameron

Published: Dec 10, 2012

This post was last updated: Sep 3, 2020

About a 1 minute read

"This is the real secret of life — to be completely engaged with what you are doing in the here and now. And instead of calling it work, realize it is play."

Alan Watts


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body {

  font-size: 62.5%; /* font-size 1em = 10px */

}

p {

  font-size: 1.2em; /* 1.2em = 12px */

}