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title: CSS units Cheat Sheet
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type: cheatsheet
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tags: css,layout,cheatsheet
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expertise: beginner
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author: chalarangelo
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cover: blog_images/measuring.jpg
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excerpt: Learn everything you need to know about CSS units with this handy cheatsheet.
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firstSeen: 2021-01-25T11:00:00+02:00
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lastUpdated: 2021-06-12T19:30:41+03:00
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---
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- `px`: Absolute pixel value
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- `rem`: Relative to the `font-size` of the root element
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- `em`: Relative to the `font-size` of the element
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- `%`: Relative to the parent element
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- `vw`: Relative to the viewport's width, `1vw` = `1%` * viewport width
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- `vh`: Relative to the viewport's height, `1vh` = `1%` * viewport height
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- `vmin`: Relative to the viewport's smaller dimension, `1vmin` = min(`1vh`, `1vw`)
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- `vmax`: Relative to the viewport's larger dimension, `vmax` = max(`1vh`, `1vw`)
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- `ch`: Relative to the width of the glyph "0" of the element's font
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- `in`: Inches `1in` = `2.54cm` = `96px`
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- `pc`: Picas `1pc` = `1in` / `6` = `16px`
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- `pt`: Points `1pt` = `1in` / `72` = `1.333px` (approximately)
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- `cm`: Centimeters `1cm` = `96px` / `2.54` = `37.8px` (approximately)
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- `mm`: Millimeters `1mm` = `1cm` / `10` = `3.78px` (approximately)
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