I am studying the css reset of S. Meyer, found here: http://meyerweb.com/eric/tools/css/reset/
My question is: what is the purpose of: font-size: 100%?
Can somebody explain it?
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It “Sets the font-size to a percent of the parent element’s font size”. Therefor if the parent is 14px the child would be 14px based on the setting. It is a way to allow for dynamic resizing of fonts.