Adrian Sandu explains the purpose and advantages of rem units, demonstrating ways to use em and rem units in CSS layouts.
https://www.sitepoint.com/understanding-and-using-rem-units-in-css/
* W3C spec * Font sizing with REM * his own take on the use of rem units * A third view * The Power of em Units in CSS * One Method for Using ems and rems in CSS * @SitePoint * CodePen * Bootstrap 4 * Material Design * Material-UI * Every Layout * Size Matters: Balancing Line Length And Font Size In Responsive Web Design * media query spec * View Media Query Demo on CodePen * Zurb Foundation * use relative units for text sizing * empirical study run by the people behind the Internet Archive * Using rem Units for Scaling Documents Demo #1 * Dynamic Sizing of Modules with Rem Units * @SitePoint * CodePen