Pixels (PX) Are Not Mobile Friendly?

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The recommended units for display are em, px, and %. In that order. The reasons are many - different devices have different resolutions, readers can change the size of how they view the content. Is one better than the other? No, not really, but yes, but no. If you are building a website and want consistency across devices then pixels may be what you lean into.

So how do you convert your px to em?

Go to this site for a quick converter: http://pxtoem.com

Check out http://w3.org/style/examples/007/units.em.html for more definitions on the unit types.

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