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Daniel Racowsky
1,574 PointsFont Size Ratios?
Font sizes; there's a dizzying blur of theories and "best" practices and standards on what might work or look the best.
Assuming the goal is beautiful, useable web design, what proportions do you suggest using for font size hierarchies ranging from H1 to body?
In other words, which font sizes for the body, H4, H3, H2, would play best with a 92px H1?
2 Answers
Thomas K
11,565 PointsI've used the golden ratio in the past.
Jorge Eduardo Garcia Celorio
10,112 PointsBased on the context of your question, I wouldn't recommend using absolute units for fonts (such as px). It'd be better to use relative units such as ems. An em is approximately 16px. So, let's say, that your h1 is 5.75em (same as 92px), then your h2 would be 5em (80px), your h3 would be 4.25em and so forth. You subtract a fraction from the ems you specified to your h1. That fraction obviously depends on your UX needs. The advantage of using ems is that they directly lead you to a responsive web site!
I hope this comment helps you!
P.S. send us a link on what you're working on, and I'll help you with suggestions!
CJ Williams
34,372 PointsCJ Williams
34,372 PointsSame here, Thomas. Very useful tool.