{
  "title":"rem (root em) units",
  "description":"Type of unit similar to `em`, but relative only to the root element, not any parent element. Thus compounding does not occur as it does with `em` units.",
  "spec":"http://www.w3.org/TR/css3-values/#font-relative-lengths",
  "status":"cr",
  "links":[
    {
      "url":"http://snook.ca/archives/html_and_css/font-size-with-rem",
      "title":"Article on usage"
    },
    {
      "url":"https://github.com/chuckcarpenter/REM-unit-polyfill",
      "title":"REM Polyfill"
    }
  ],
  "bugs":[
    {
      "description":"IE 9, 10 and 11 do not support rem units when used in the \"line-height\" property when used on :before and :after pseudo elements (https://connect.microsoft.com/IE/feedback/details/776744)."
    },
    {
      "description":"Borders sized in \"rem\" disappear when the page is zoomed out in Chrome."
    },
    {
      "description":"Reportedly does not work on Android 4.3 browser for Samsung Note II or the Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 on Android 4.2."
    },
    {
      "description":"Chrome 31-34 & Chrome-based Android versions (like 4.4) [have a font size bug](https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=319623) that occurs when the root element has a percentage-based size."
    },
    {
      "description":"Causes content display and scrolling issues on iPhone 4 which typically has Safari 5.1."
    }
  ],
  "categories":[
    "CSS3"
  ],
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      "6":"n",
      "7":"n",
      "8":"n",
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    "edge":{
      "12":"y",
      "13":"y",
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      "4":"y",
      "5":"y",
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      "all":"y"
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    "android":{
      "2.1":"y",
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      "3":"y",
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  "notes":"",
  "notes_by_num":{
    "1":"IE 9 & IE 10 do not support `rem` units when used in the `font` shorthand property (the entire declaration is ignored) or when used on pseudo elements.",
    "2":"iOS Safari 5.0-5.1 support `rem` but not in combination with media queries."
  },
  "usage_perc_y":97.01,
  "usage_perc_a":0.52,
  "ucprefix":false,
  "parent":"",
  "keywords":"rems",
  "ie_id":"",
  "chrome_id":"",
  "firefox_id":"",
  "webkit_id":"",
  "shown":true
}