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“Reimagining Fluid Typography” by @mia
> Never do pixel math with `em` and `rem` units. That’s where we went wrong, by assuming that `16px == 1em` is a reliable fact.
It reminds me a lot of what I was pretty vocal about a few years ago, including “People don't change the default 16px font size in their browser (You wish!)” and “Users DO change font size”.
But I don't understand how this code…
@nhoizey It approaches the problem by trusting that "something close to 1em, but viewport responsive" is a good size for the user – rather than assuming the user has a 16px default, we prefer 24px, and aiming for 1.5em… which will eternally be larger than requested.
But also, my post doesn't present a solution. I'm mostly asking questions, and then thinking about possible ways to approach the problem. Maybe I need to make that more clear.
@mia oh, yes, you should at least for people like me. 
Sorry but I thought you presented this as a solution. Maybe I missed some nuance somewhere as English is not my primary language. 