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joshnh

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    What browser/OS? I can't replicate the issue you seem to be having.

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    Comment #5483384

    I plan on having an option to output rem with px fallback code.

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    Comment #5479444

    Only if you are using line-height to hack together a print baseline on the web. Let me put it this way, if there was a semi-reasonable solution, I'm sure you would have heard about…

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    Comment #5478830

    Spot on. Perhaps I could have used a different term, but 'baseline' gives visitors an immediate sense of what the tool does. The purpose is to mimic the effect of a print baseline …

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    Comment #5478677

    Good call, I've fixed that.

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    Comment #5478630

    Ems are more versatile. When increasing the size of all fonts at a particular breakpoint for instance. Instead of having to adjust each font-size property individually you can simp…

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    Comment #5478619

    Absolutely, you can hack it on a very individual basis, but this introduces some major problems. For instance, browsers and operating systems all render fonts differently, and as t…

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    Comment #5478541

    Hi, creator here. Unfortunately that's not how CSS works. See here for more information: http://joshnh.com/2012/10/12/how-does-line-height-actually-w...

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    Comment #4897069

    Am I the only one that simply imports hi-res photos into Instagram then?

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    Comment #4742124

    The page shift can be fixed by using: html { overflow-y: scroll; }

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    Would you mind sharing some more information on these 'elegant solutions'? I'm yet to experience them.

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    Comment #4390068

    You could actually scale it if I had have used ems/rems instead of px. But you are right, an image is the way to go for production.

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    Comment #4388668

    Spot on. I clearly state in the description field that it is only an experiment.

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    Comment #4385652

    I am; Melbourne based. Thanks!

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    G'day, I'm the guy that made it. I agree with your comment completely, I had one pretty big constraint though; one element allowed. I'd like to think that is why it is getting upvo…

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    Comment #4385410

    Here is the image I used for reference: http://store.storeimages.cdn-apple.com/6442/as-images.apple....

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    Comment #4385392

    I simply eyeballed an image rather than working to scale. As it is just an experiment, I'm not too fussed by the incorrect dimensions.