Font size scaling problem in 7.1

I'm having a problem with my fonts scaling properly and I can't figure out what's going on.

This is a SS 7.1 site.

I have my base font size set to 14px (that was the default).

I set my H1 size to 3.6rem in the Site Styles (equivalent is 50.4px when I view in the inspector)

I set my p2 size to 1.35rem (equivalent is 18.9px when I view in the inspector).

These sizes display correctly when my browser window is set above 1620px wide, but when I size the window smaller than that, the font sizes get much BIGGER, which seems counter-intuitive, and not at all how I want them to appear. I want them to be the same.

I can see these parameters in the CSS, but I don't know how the formula works. Can anyone help me? I want the fonts to be the same scale for all laptop and desktop resolutions.

  @media screen and (min-width: 0px) and (max-width: calc(1619px)) and (orientation: landscape)
h1 {
  font-size: calc((3.6 - 1) * 1.2vw + 1rem);
}

  @media screen and (min-width: 1620px)
h1 {
  font-size: calc(3.6 * 1rem);
}

The second value (for the 1620px width) is the one I want for all.

I wish I didn't have to do this as custom CSS, I feel like this should work better as the default. Is there something I've missed in the Site Styles tools?

Thank you!

UPDATE: After lots of trial & error, and not wanting to do this as a custom CSS fix, I adjusted my base font size to 18px instead of 14px in the Site Styles, and then adjusted all the font styles to a smaller rem size, and the built-in scaling was not as extreme. It's still there in the breakpoint between 1619 and 1620, but not as noticeable now -- the calculation formula for whatever reason is not great.

Hello! Following!
I am having the same issue on my websites - I would like to find a solution for this as well. 

Hello! 

I wanted to follow this thread because I'm experiencing a similar issue. My Heading 1 font scales down when the window is scaled up. I checked my coding to see if there was anything causing this but I think it's a 7.1 issue. Hoping there can be a ccs solution to this!

Thanks to anyone who can help. 

11 hours ago, graciewo said:

Hello! 

I wanted to follow this thread because I'm experiencing a similar issue. My Heading 1 font scales down when the window is scaled up. I checked my coding to see if there was anything causing this but I think it's a 7.1 issue. Hoping there can be a ccs solution to this!

Thanks to anyone who can help. 

We can fix temporarily by using code to adjust h1 size. Can you share link to page where you have problem?

Hi @tuanphan

Here is the link to the page where it's most noticeable! 

https://www.carmelart95years.com/inventory

The font at the top of the page is text that has the issue. 

Thanks!

On 8/17/2022 at 11:39 PM, graciewo said:

Hi @tuanphan

Here is the link to the page where it's most noticeable! 

https://www.carmelart95years.com/inventory

The font at the top of the page is text that has the issue. 

 

Thanks!

Try adding this to Design > Custom CSS

div#block-62dc87e8e5e974d80f3ade72 h2 {
    font-size: 3.5rem !important;
}
@media screen and (max-width:767px) {
div#block-62dc87e8e5e974d80f3ade72 h2 {
    font-size: 2.5rem !important;
}
}

Same issue here. Fixed with custom CSS.

But man it's crazy that this formula is wrong. What a nightmare to have to write custom code for every instance this occurs.
It pains me to think of all the websites that behave incorrectly because of this. 

How can we report this as a bug to Squarespace?

11 hours ago, vincentlefre said:

How can we report this as a bug to Squarespace?

You can report technical issues by contacting Squarespace Customer Care directly.

Following this as having the same issue. Has anyone worked out what the code is to stop this from happening? 

I am also having this issue with the current release.

Has this been reported? I have the same issues on all my 7.1 sites. 

has this been addressed? its annoying as hell

I am experiencing the same issue. 

Same here.

Crazy how every time I use Squarespace features to make things "easier" everything breaks. 

Out of all things to glitch out... A text block???? Really??

On 5/26/2022 at 1:24 AM, LauraImp said:

UPDATE: After lots of trial & error, and not wanting to do this as a custom CSS fix, I adjusted my base font size to 18px instead of 14px in the Site Styles, and then adjusted all the font styles to a smaller rem size, and the built-in scaling was not as extreme. It's still there in the breakpoint between 1619 and 1620, but not as noticeable now -- the calculation formula for whatever reason is not great.

 

This worked for me too. Changed my base fint from 17 - 18px and all seems better now. Also all my custom css for mobile and tablet font resizing now seems to be working too.  

Thanks, I will try that too. 

Same problem here.

2 years have passed since this thread started, and the same problem still exists! I think it's terrible... 
Has anyone found a solution? 

On 5/25/2022 at 11:24 AM, LauraImp said:

UPDATE: After lots of trial & error, and not wanting to do this as a custom CSS fix, I adjusted my base font size to 18px instead of 14px in the Site Styles, and then adjusted all the font styles to a smaller rem size, and the built-in scaling was not as extreme. It's still there in the breakpoint between 1619 and 1620, but not as noticeable now -- the calculation formula for whatever reason is not great.

 

THANK YOU this worked for me. Was going crazy trying to figure out a workaround, this really shouldn't be an issue years later. Figured the 'text scaling' option would be the answer but it's pretty useless.