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A More Modern Scale for Web Typography - With REMS
// Modern Scale for Web Typography
// Ref: http://typecast.com/blog/a-more-modern-scale-for-web-typography
// -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
// Mobile
// -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
// Elem | Font | Line
// -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
// Body | 16px | 20px
// h1 | 32px | 40px
// h2 | 26px | 30px
// h3 | 22px | 25px
// h4 | 18px | 20px
// h5 | 16px | 20px
// h6 | 14px | 17.5
// BQ | 20px | 25px
html {
font-size: 100%;
}
body,
caption,
th, td,
input, textarea, select, option,
legend, fieldset,
h1, h2, h3, h4, h5, h6 {
font-size-adjust: 0.5;
}
body {
font-size: 1rem;
line-height: 1.25;
}
h1 {
font-size: 2rem;
line-height: 1.25;
}
h2 {
font-size: 1.625rem;
line-height: 1.15384615;
}
h3 {
font-size: 1.375rem;
line-height: 1.13636364;
}
h4 {
font-size: 1.125rem;
line-height: 1.11111111;
}
h5 {
font-size: 1rem;
line-height: 1.25;
}
h6 {
font-size: 0.75rem;
line-height: 1.25;
}
blockquote {
font-size: 1.25rem;
line-height: 1.25;
}
// Large Tablet
// -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
// Elem | Font | Line
// -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
// Body | 16px | 22px
// h1 | 40px | 45px
// h2 | 32px | 40px
// h3 | 24px | 30px
// h4 | 18px | 22px
// h5 | 16px | 22px
// h6 | 14px | 19.25px
// BQ | 24px | 33px
@media (min-width: 700px) {
body {
line-height: 1.375rem;
}
h1 {
font-size: 2.5rem;
line-height: 1.125;
}
h2 {
font-size: 2rem;
line-height: 1.125;
}
h3 {
font-size: 1.5rem;
line-height: 1.25;
}
h4 {
font-size: 1.125rem;
line-height: 1.22222222;
}
h5 {
font-size: 1rem;
line-height: 1.375;
}
h6 {
font-size: 0.75rem;
line-height: 1.203125;
}
blockquote {
font-size: 1.5rem;
line-height: 1.375;
}
}
// Large Desktop
// -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
// Elem | Font | Line
// -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
// h1 | 48px | 50px
// h2 | 36px | 45px
// h3 | 28px | 35px
@media (min-width: 900px) {
h1 {
font-size: 3rem;
line-height: 1.05;
}
h2 {
font-size: 2.25rem;
line-height: 1.125;
}
h3 {
font-size: 1.75rem;
line-height: 1.25;
}
}
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it has sense to use H6 with 0.75 rem if the paragraph has usually 1rem?

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