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by lucas_codes 1308 days ago
I thought rem was "root em" since its relative to the document root and not relative to the parent like em.
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ldjb 1308 days ago
According to this page, you are correct:

https://www.w3.org/Style/Examples/007/units.en.html#future

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sodapopcan 1308 days ago
Yep, both em and rem are relative units, and rem is relative all the way down to <html> (ie, root).
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