Episode 85 of The Web Development Podcast digs into a surprising accessibility gap: most web apps ignore a user's operating system font size preference, defaulting to a fixed pixel-based cascade. Lucas and Luna break down why this happens — from CSS reset dogma to browser quirks like the rem vs px divide — and walk through concrete fixes: setting a fluid base font-size on the html element, using relative units throughout, and respecting the prefers-reduced-transparency media query. They also discuss real-world data from a 2025 accessibility audit of 1000 sites that found 73% failed to respect OS-level font scaling. If you've ever pinched-zoomed a site just to read it, this episode explains why the developer probably never thought about your settings.

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