Resize font-size according to div size

My answer does not require Javascript and only relies on CSS3 (available in most modern browsers). I personally like it very much if design is not relying on Javascript too much.

My answer is a "pure CSS3 , no Javascript required"-solution:

The solution as can be seen here (http://jsfiddle.net/uNF3Z/16/) uses the following additions to the CSS styles (which make use of the @media query of CSS3 which)

@media all and (min-width: 50px)   {  body  { font-size:0.1em;  } }
@media all and (min-width: 100px)  {  body  { font-size:0.2em;  } }
@media all and (min-width: 200px)  {  body  { font-size:0.4em;  } }
@media all and (min-width: 300px)  {  body  { font-size:0.6em;  } }
@media all and (min-width: 400px)  {  body  { font-size:0.8em;  } }
@media all and (min-width: 500px)  {  body  { font-size:1.0em;  } }
@media all and (min-width: 600px)  {  body  { font-size:1.2em;  } }
@media all and (min-width: 700px)  {  body  { font-size:1.4em;  } }
@media all and (min-width: 800px)  {  body  { font-size:1.6em;  } }
@media all and (min-width: 900px)  {  body  { font-size:1.8em;  } }
@media all and (min-width: 1000px) {  body  { font-size:2.0em;  } }
@media all and (min-width: 1100px) {  body  { font-size:2.2em;  } }
@media all and (min-width: 1200px) {  body  { font-size:2.4em;  } }
@media all and (min-width: 1300px) {  body  { font-size:2.6em;  } }
@media all and (min-width: 1400px) {  body  { font-size:2.8em;  } }
@media all and (min-width: 1500px) {  body  { font-size:3.0em;  } }
@media all and (min-width: 1500px) {  body  { font-size:3.2em;  } }
@media all and (min-width: 1600px) {  body  { font-size:3.4em;  } }
@media all and (min-width: 1700px) {  body  { font-size:3.6em;  } }

What this in effect causes is that the font-size is adjusted to the available screen width. This adjustment is done in steps of 100px (which is finegrained enough for most purposes) and covers a maximum screen width of 1700px which I reckon to be amply (2013) and can by adding further lines be further improved.

A side benefit is that the adjustment of the font-size is occuring at each resize. This dynamic adjustment (because for instance the browser windows is resized) might not yet be covered by the Javascript based solution.

I was looking for the same funcionality and found this answer. However, I wanted to give you guys a quick update. It's CSS3's vmin unit.

p, li
{
  font-size: 1.2vmin;
}

vmin means 'whichever is smaller between the 1% of the ViewPort's height and the 1% of the ViewPort's width'.

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