# Webpage larger than screen, not sure why

**URL:** <https://forum.pinegrow.com/t/webpage-larger-than-screen-not-sure-why/4082>\
**Category:** Beginners\
**Created:** [May 8, 2020, 12:43am UTC](https://forum.pinegrow.com/t/webpage-larger-than-screen-not-sure-why/4082 "2020-05-08T00:43:14Z")\
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**Author:** ![schpengle](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/forum.pinegrow.com/schpengle/32/238_2.png) [@schpengle](https://forum.pinegrow.com/u/schpengle)\
**Post date:** [August 1, 2020, 8:48am UTC](https://forum.pinegrow.com/t/webpage-larger-than-screen-not-sure-why/4082/21 "2020-08-01T08:48:38Z")

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This is interesting. Cheers all. and HI @Printninja 🙂 long time no see.  
I checked out the site you posted, and in that, the author posted a link to the sites PREVIOUS layout on [archive.org](http://archive.org)

[https://web.archive.org/web/20130104231015/https://www.smashingmagazine.com/2011/10/07/16-pixels-body-copy-anything-less-costly-mistake](https://web.archive.org/web/20130104231015/https://www.smashingmagazine.com/2011/10/07/16-pixels-body-copy-anything-less-costly-mistake)

Now!  
that’s where it got interesting, I was reading the comments, and they were all pretty much refuting the info -due to mobile/overall design considerations, especially the comment by Rob, here

[https://web.archive.org/web/20130104231015/http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2011/10/07/16-pixels-body-copy-anything-less-costly-mistake/#comment-591002](https://web.archive.org/web/20130104231015/http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2011/10/07/16-pixels-body-copy-anything-less-costly-mistake/#comment-591002)

So, that article made sense to me, as does @Printninja’s points, BUT…  
I think I shall have to try the @droidgoo approach from now on when I get back into this.  
And I too, never understood the 62% thng.  
now I do, so cheers all, well explained. .

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**Author:** ![droidgoo](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/forum.pinegrow.com/droidgoo/32/2209_2.png) [@droidgoo](https://forum.pinegrow.com/u/droidgoo)\
**Post date:** [August 1, 2020, 2:32pm UTC](https://forum.pinegrow.com/t/webpage-larger-than-screen-not-sure-why/4082/22 "2020-08-01T14:32:41Z")

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i think this is where i first got the idea from

> **[Understanding and Using rem Units in CSS - SitePoint](https://www.sitepoint.com/understanding-and-using-rem-units-in-css/)**
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> Adrian Sandu explains the purpose and advantages of rem units, demonstrating ways to use em and rem units in CSS layouts.

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