Best unit to use for fonts? Options

[*themarkster*]

So I've been doing a lot of reading, and I've been seeing that using em's are most ideal if you want to increase the accessibility of your site. As much as I'd like to use it, I'll be uncomfortable with it since it all depends on user preferences, which could just kill the whole look of my site layout. So all this time, I've been using points for fonts, though I read somewhere that they fonts with points don't show up the same in all browsers? But anyway, what do you think is the best unit for fonts?[/nerd]

[nanamm21]

Well, in my opinion, Pixels are the best units for fonts. I've always used it because I just put all other measurements on my site in pixels.

[*IVIike*]

^-- i agree and i'm pretty sure it works in all browsers

[*karmakiller*]

I use pixels; on occassion I'll use pt's. There might be some articles floating around the web about which ones are better to use, but it's never been something that I've really thought too much about. Just use them all just in case, haha.

[*Insurmountable*]

http://hsivonen.iki.fi/units/
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http://archivist.incutio.com/viewlist/css-discuss/12864

Hmm I'm kind of caught after reading other stuff.. although I've stuck with pixels and occasionally use points but who knows. From some I've read pixels is best.

[ChevyIsIt83]

i as the above, prefer pixels to points. I never had any issue with it.

[*themarkster*]

Hm, I'll consider using pixels more often now.

Thanks for all the feedback, btw! I really appreciate it.

[nanamm21]

On a sidenote...I noticed that Dreamweaver CS3 actually uses percents for their fonts. I didn't even know you could do that.

[*IVIike*]

alright well I guess this can be closed