Responsive font size in CSS

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I ve created a site using the Zurb Foundation 3 grid  Each page has a large h1    x000D   x000D  body   x000D    font-size  100  x000D    x000D   x000D     Headers    x000D   x000D  h1   x000D    font-size  6 2em  x000D    font-weight  500  x000D    x000D   lt div class  row  gt  x000D     lt div class  twelve columns text-center  gt  x000D       lt h1 gt  LARGE HEADER TAGLINE  lt  h1 gt  x000D     lt  div gt  x000D     lt  -- End Tagline -- gt  x000D   lt  div gt  x000D   lt  -- End Row -- gt  x000D   x000D   x000D    When I resize the browser to mobile size the large font doesn t adjust and causes the browser to include a horizontal scroll to accommodate for the large text   I ve noticed that on the Zurb Foundation 3 Typography example page  the headers adapt to the browser as it is compressed and expanded    Am I missing something really obvious  How do I achieve this

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There s another approach to responsive font sizes - using rem units   html          Base font size        font-size  16px     h1       font-size  1 5rem     h2       font-size  1 2rem      Later in media queries  you can adjust all fonts sizes by changing the base font size    media screen and  max-width  767px        html            Reducing base font size will reduce all rem sizes          font-size  13px                You can reduce font sizes manually as well        h1           font-size  1 2rem            h2           font-size  1 0rem            To make this work in Internet nbsp Explorer nbsp 7 and Internet nbsp Explorer nbsp 8 you will have to add a fallback with px units   h1       font-size  18px      font-size  1 125rem      If you re developing with Less  you can create a mixin that will do the math for you   Rem units support - http   caniuse com  feat rem

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Use this equation   calc 42px    60 - 42     100vw - 768px     1440 - 768      For anything larger or smaller than 1440 and 768  you can either give it a static value  or apply the same approach   The drawback with vw solution is that you cannot set a scale ratio  say a 5vw at screen resolution 1440 may end up being 60px font-size  your idea font size  but when you shrink the window width down to 768  it may ended up being 12px  not the minimal you want   With this approach  you can set your upper boundary and lower boundary  and the font will scale itself in between

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I had just come up with an idea with which you only have to define the font size once per element  but it is still influenced by media queries   First  I set the variable  --text-scale-unit  to  1vh  or  1vw   depending on the viewport using the media queries   Then I use the variable using calc   and my multiplicator number for font-size    x000D   x000D     Define a variable based on the orientation     x000D     The value can be customized to fit your needs     x000D   media  orientation  landscape    x000D     root  x000D      --text-scale-unit  1vh  x000D      x000D    x000D   media  orientation  portrait    x000D     root   x000D      --text-scale-unit  1vw  x000D      x000D    x000D   x000D   x000D     Use a variable with calc and multiplication     x000D   large   x000D    font-size  calc var --text-scale-unit    20   x000D    x000D   middle   x000D    font-size  calc var --text-scale-unit    10   x000D    x000D   small   x000D    font-size  calc var --text-scale-unit    5   x000D    x000D   extra-small   x000D    font-size  calc var --text-scale-unit    2   x000D    x000D   lt span class  middle  gt  x000D    Responsive x000D   lt  span gt  x000D   lt span class  large  gt  x000D    text x000D   lt  span gt  x000D   lt span class  small  gt  x000D    with one x000D   lt  span gt  x000D   lt span class  extra-small  gt  x000D    font-size tag  x000D   lt  span gt  x000D   x000D   x000D    In my example I only used the orientation of the viewport  but the principle should be possible with any media queries

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A responsive font size can also be done with this JavaScript code called FlowType    http   simplefocus com flowtype  https   github com simplefocus FlowType JS   FlowType - Responsive web typography at its finest  font-size based on element width   Or this JavaScript code called FitText    http   fittextjs com  https   github com davatron5000 FitText js   FitText - Makes font-sizes flexible  Use this plugin on your responsive design for ratio-based resizing of your headlines

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I can say my method has the best approach to solve your problem h1    font-size   clamp 2rem  10vw  5rem       here clamp has 3 arguments   first one is the minimum allowed font-size   third one is the maximum allowed font-size   second argument is font-size that you wish to always have  Its unit must be relative vw  vh  ch  and not absolute i e not px  mm  pt   relative unit will make it change its size w r t the changing screen sizes     Consider an example   consider there is a large fontawesome icon that you want to resize dynamically  responsive icon   fa-random-icon     font-size  clamp  15rem  80vw  80vh          Here 80vw is the preferred font-size  15 rem is the minimum font size   80vh is the max font size   i e   if in a particular mobile screen size if 80vw  lt  15rem then font-size is 15rem   if screen is too wide then if 80vw  gt  80vh then font-size is 80vh     Those methods above suggested by people always have a bit uncertain result    like when we use vw only  the font size might sometimes be too big or too small  unbounded     using media queries are too old school

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There are the following ways by which you can achieve this    Use rem for e g  2 3 rem Use em for e g  2 3em Use   for e g  2 3  Moreover  you can use    vh  vw  vmax and vmin    These units will autoresize depending upon the width and height of the screen

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The font-size won t respond like this when resizing the browser window  Instead they respond to the browser zoom type size settings  such as if you press Ctrl and   together on the keyboard while in the browser  Media Queries You would have to look at using media queries to reduce the font-size at certain intervals where it starts breaking your design and creating scrollbars  For example  try adding this inside your CSS at the bottom  changing the 320 pixels width for wherever your design starts breaking   media only screen and  max-width  320px        body          font-size  2em            Viewport percentage lengths You can also use viewport percentage lengths such as vw  vh  vmin and vmax  The official W3C document for this states   The viewport-percentage lengths are relative to the size of the initial containing block  When the height or width of the initial containing block is changed  they are scaled accordingly   Again  from the same W3C document each individual unit can be defined as below   vw unit - Equal to 1  of the width of the initial containing block  vh unit - Equal to 1  of the height of the initial containing block  vmin unit - Equal to the smaller of vw or vh  vmax unit - Equal to the larger of vw or vh   And they are used in exactly the same way as any other CSS value   text     font-size  3vw      other-text     font-size  5vh     Compatibility is relatively good as can be seen here  However  some versions of Internet  Explorer and Edge don   t support vmax  Also  iOS  6 and 7 have an issue with the vh unit  which was fixed in iOS  8

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You can use the viewport value instead of ems  pxs  or pts      1vw   1  of viewport width      1vh   1  of viewport height      1vmin   1vw or 1vh  whichever is smaller      1vmax   1vw or 1vh  whichever is larger   h1     font-size  5 9vw    h2     font-size  3 0vh    p     font-size  2vmin      From CSS-Tricks  Viewport Sized Typography

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Here is something that worked for me   I only tested it on an iPhone     Whether you have h1  h2  or p tags put this around your text    lt h1 gt  lt font size  5  gt The Text you want to make responsive lt  font gt  lt  h1 gt    This renders a 22pt text on a desktop and it is still readable on the iPhone    lt font size  5  gt  lt  font gt

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I use these CSS classes  and they make my text fluid on any screen size    h1-fluid       font-size  calc 1rem   3vw       line-height  calc 1 4rem   4 8vw       h2-fluid       font-size  calc 1rem   2vw       line-height  calc 1 4rem   2 4vw       h3-fluid       font-size  calc 1rem   1vw       line-height  calc 1 4rem   1 2vw       p-fluid       font-size  calc 1rem   0 5vw       line-height  calc 1 4rem   0 6vw

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The  vw  solution has a problem when going to very small screens  You can set the base size and go up from there with calc     font-size  calc 16px   0 4vw

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If you don t mind to use a jQuery solution you can try TextFill plugin     jQuery TextFill resizes text to fit into a container and makes font size as big as possible    https   github com jquery-textfill jquery-textfill

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I am afraid there isn t any easy solution with regards to font resizing  You can change the font size using a media query  but technically it will not resize smoothly  For an example  if you use    media only screen and  max-width  320px  font-size  3em     your font-size will be 3em both for a 300 pixels and 200 pixels width  But you need lower font-size for 200px width to make perfect responsive   So  what is the real solution  There is only one way  You have to create a PNG image  with a transparent background  containing your text  After that you can easily make your image responsive  for example  width 35   height 28px   By this way your text will be fully responsive with all devices

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I saw a great article from CSS-Tricks  It works just fine   body       font-size  calc  minimum size      maximum size  -  minimum size       100vw -      minimum viewport width       maximum viewport width  -  minimum viewport width          For example   body       font-size  calc 14px    26 - 14      100vw - 300px     1600 - 300         We can apply the same equation to the line-height property to make it change with the browser as well   body       font-size  calc 14px    26 - 14      100vw - 300px     1600 - 300         line-height  calc 1 3em    1 5 - 1 2      100vw - 300px   1600 - 300

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I ve been playing around with ways to overcome this issue  and believe I have found a solution   If you can write your application for Internet nbsp Explorer nbsp 9  and later  and all other modern browsers that support CSS calc    rem units  and vmin units  You can use this to achieve scalable text without media queries   body     font-size  calc 0 75em   1vmin       Here it is in action  http   codepen io csuwldcat pen qOqVNO

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I have found this solution  and it works very well for me      Fluid font size  minimum font size at min  device width 300px   14 maximum font size at max  device width 1600px   26     body       font-size  calc 14px    26 - 14      100vw - 300px     1600 - 300

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One way to solve the problem of the text to look good on both desktop and mobile tablet is in fixing the text size to physical units like physical centimeters or inches  which don t depend on the screen PPI  points per inch    Based on this answer  below is the code I use at the end of the HTML document for a responsive font size    lt div id  testdiv  style  height  1in  left  -100   position  absolute  top  -100   width  1in   gt  lt  div gt   lt script type  text javascript  gt    var devicePixelRatio   window devicePixelRatio    1    dpi x   document getElementById  testdiv   offsetWidth   devicePixelRatio    dpi y   document getElementById  testdiv   offsetHeight   devicePixelRatio     function setFontSizeForClass className  fontSize          var elms   document getElementsByClassName className         for var i 0  i lt elms length  i                elms i  style fontSize   String fontSize   dpi y   96     px                  setFontSizeForClass  h1-font-size   30     setFontSizeForClass  action-font-size   20     setFontSizeForClass  guideline-font-size   25        etc for your different classes  lt  script gt    In the code above the items of a different class are assigned font sizes in physical units  as long as the browser OS is configured correctly for the PPI of its screen   A physical-unit font is always not too large and not too small  so long as the distance to the screen is usual  book-reading distance

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Try including this on your style sheet  html     font-size  min max 16px  4vw   22px      More info at https   css-tricks com simplified-fluid-typography

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There are several ways to achieve this   Use a media query  but it requires font sizes for several breakpoints   body       font-size  22px     h1       font-size  44px      media  min-width  768        body               font-size  17px            h1               font-size  24px            Use dimensions in   or em  Just change the base font size  and everything will change  Unlike the previous one  you could just change the body font and not h1 every time or let the base font size be the default of the device and the rest all in em       Ems     em   The    em    is a scalable unit  An em is equal to the current font-size  for instance  if the font-size of the document is 12 nbsp pt  1 nbsp em is equal to 12 nbsp pt  Ems are scalable in nature  so 2 nbsp em would equal 24 nbsp pt   5 nbsp em would equal 6 nbsp pt  etc   Percent      The percent unit is much like the    em    unit  save for a few fundamental differences  First and foremost  the current font-size is equal to 100   i e  12 nbsp pt   100    While using the percent unit  your text remains fully scalable for mobile devices and for accessibility    See kyleschaeffer com       CSS nbsp 3 supports new dimensions that are relative to the view port  But this doesn t work on Android    3 2vw   3 2  of width of viewport 3 2vh   3 2  of height of viewport 3 2vmin   Smaller of 3 2vw or 3 2vh 3 2vmax   Bigger of 3 2vw or 3 2vh  body       font-size  3 2vw       See CSS-Tricks     and also look at Can I Use

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If you are using a build tool then try Rucksack   Otherwise  you can use CSS variables  custom properties  to easily control the minimum and maximum font sizes like so  demo             Calculation      --diff  calc var --max-size  - var --min-size      --responsive  calc  var --min-size    1px    var --diff      100vw - 420px     1200 - 420        Ranges from 421px to 1199px       h1     --max-size  50    --min-size  25    font-size  var --responsive      h2     --max-size  40    --min-size  20    font-size  var --responsive

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Use CSS media specifiers  that s what they  zurb  use  for responsive styling    media only screen and  max-width  767px        h1         font-size  3em           h2         font-size  2em

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In actual original Sass  not scss  you could use the below mixins to automatically set the paragraph s and all headings  font-size   I like it because it is much more compact  And quicker to type  Other than that  it provides the same functionality  Anyway  if you still want to stick to the new syntax - scss  then feel free to convert my Sass content to scss here    CONVERT SASS TO SCSS HERE   Below I give you four Sass mixins  You will have to tweak their settings to your needs    font-h1p-style-generator-manual      You don   t need to use this one  Those are only styles to make it pretty   media-query-base-font-size-change-generator-manual      This mixin sets the base body size that will be used by the h1-h6 tags to recalculate their size in a media query   h1p-font-size-generator-auto  h1-fs  3em   h1-step-down  0 3   body-min-font-size  1 2em   p-same-as-hx  6     Here you will set the size of h1 and size jumps between h tags  config-and-run-font-generator      This one only calls the other ones   After you finish playing with settings just make a call on one mixin - which is   config-and-run-font-generator    See code below and comments for more information   I guess you could do it automatically for a media query like it is done for header tags  but we all use different media queries  so it would not be appropriate for everyone  I use a mobile-first design approach  so this is how I would do that  Feel free to copy and use this code   COPY AND PASTE THESE MIXINS TO YOUR FILE    font-h1p-style-generator-manual     body     font-family   Source Sans Pro    Helvetica Neue   Helvetica  Arial  sans-serif    google fonts     font-size  100      line-height  1 3em    headers     line-height  1em     font-weight  700   p     line-height  1 3em     font-weight  300    for  i from 1 through 6     h   i         extend  headers    media-query-base-font-size-change-generator-manual     body     font-size  1 2em    media screen and  min-width  680px      body       font-size  1 4em    media screen and  min-width  1224px      body       font-size  1 6em    media screen and  min-width  1400px      body       font-size  1 8em   h1p-font-size-generator-auto  h1-fs  3em   h1-step-down  0 3   body-min-font-size  1 2em   p-same-as-hx  6     h1-fs   h1-fs    Set first header element to this size    h1-step-down   h1-step-down    Decrement each time by 0 3    p-same-as-hx   p-same-as-hx    Set p font-sieze same as h 6     h1-fs   h1-fs    h1-step-down    Looping correction    for  i from 1 through 6     h   i        font-size   h1-fs -   h1-step-down    i       if  i     p-same-as-hx       p         font-size   h1-fs -   h1-step-down    i      RUN ONLY THIS MIXIN  IT WILL TRIGGER THE REST  config-and-run-font-generator      font-h1p-style-generator-manual      Just a place holder for our font style    media-query-base-font-size-change-generator-manual      Just a placeholder for our media query font size    h1p-font-size-generator-auto  h1-fs  2em   h1-step-down  0 2   p-same-as-hx  5     Set all parameters here   CONFIGURE ALL MIXINS TO YOUR NEEDS - PLAY WITH IT     AND THEN CALL IT ON THE TOP OF YOUR ACTUAL SASS CODE WITH    config-and-run-font-generator     This would generate this output  You can customize parameters to generate different sets of results  However  because we all use different media queries  some mixins you will have to edit manually  style and media    GENERATED CSS   body     font-family   Source Sans Pro    Helvetica Neue   Helvetica  Arial  sans-serif    font-size  100     line-height  1 3em    word-wrap  break-word     h1  h2  h3  h4  h5  h6     line-height  1em    font-weight  700     p     line-height  1 3em    font-weight  300     body     font-size  1 2em      media screen and  min-width  680px      body       font-size  1 4em       media screen and  min-width  1224px      body       font-size  1 6em       media screen and  min-width  1400px      body       font-size  1 8em      h1     font-size  2em     h2     font-size  1 8em     h3     font-size  1 6em     h4     font-size  1 4em     h5     font-size  1 2em     p     font-size  1 2em     h6     font-size  1em

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As with many frameworks  once you  go off the grid  and override the framework s default CSS  things will start to break left and right  Frameworks are inherently rigid  If you were to use Zurb s default H1 style along with their default grid classes  then the web page should display properly on mobile  i e   responsive    However  it appears you want very large 6 2em headings  which means the text will have to shrink in order to fit inside a mobile display in portrait mode  Your best bet is to use a responsive text jQuery plugin such as FlowType and FitText  If you want something light-weight  then you can check out my Scalable Text jQuery plugin   http   thdoan github io scalable-text   Sample usage    lt script gt    document  ready function           row  twelve h1   scaleText       lt  script gt

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You can make the font size responsive if defining it in vw  viewport width   However  not all browsers support it  The solution is to use JavaScript to change the base font size depending on the browser width and set all font sizes in     Here is an article describing how to make responsive fontsizes  http   wpsalt com responsive-font-size-in-wordpress-theme

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The text size can be set with a vw unit  which means the  viewport width   That way the text size will follow the size of the browser window   https   www w3schools com howto tryit asp filename tryhow css responsive text  For my personal project I used vw and  meida  It works perfectly    mText       font-size  6vw      media only screen and  max-width  1024px         mText           font-size  10vw             sText       font-size  4vw      media only screen and  max-width  1024px         sText           font-size  7vw

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After many conclusions I ended up with this combination    media only screen and  max-width  730px         h2           font-size  4 3vw

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We can use calc   from css  p  font-size  calc 48px    56 - 48      100vw - 300px     1600 - 300     important      The mathematical formula is calc minsize    maxsize - minsize     100vm - minviewportwidth     maxwidthviewoport - minviewportwidth     Codepen

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This is partly implemented in foundation 5   In file  type scss they have two sets of header variables      We use these to control header font sizes    for medium screens and above   h1-font-size  rem-calc 44   default   h2-font-size  rem-calc 37   default   h3-font-size  rem-calc 27   default   h4-font-size  rem-calc 23   default   h5-font-size  rem-calc 18   default   h6-font-size  1rem  default       We use these to control header size reduction on small screens  h1-font-reduction  rem-calc 10   default   h2-font-reduction  rem-calc 10   default   h3-font-reduction  rem-calc 5   default   h4-font-reduction  rem-calc 5   default   h5-font-reduction  0  default   h6-font-reduction  0  default    For medium up  they generate sizes based on the first set of variables    media    medium-up        h1 h2 h3 h4 h5 h6   line-height   header-line-height        h1   font-size   h1-font-size        h2   font-size   h2-font-size        h3   font-size   h3-font-size        h4   font-size   h4-font-size        h5   font-size   h5-font-size        h6   font-size   h6-font-size        And for default-i e small screens  they use a second set of variables to generates CSS   h1   font-size   h1-font-size -  h1-font-reduction    h2   font-size   h2-font-size -  h2-font-reduction    h3   font-size   h3-font-size -  h3-font-reduction    h4   font-size   h4-font-size -  h4-font-reduction    h5   font-size   h5-font-size -  h5-font-reduction    h6   font-size   h6-font-size -  h6-font-reduction      You can use these variables and override in your custom scss file to set font sizes for respective screen sizes

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jQuery s  FitText  is probably the best responsive header solution  Check it out at GitHub  https   github com davatron5000 FitText js

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h1   font-size  2 25em      h2   font-size  1 875em     h3   font-size  1 5em     h4   font-size  1 125em     h5   font-size  0 875em     h6   font-size  0 75em

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