Font-sizes smaller on mobile, yes or no?

1. Should I reduce mobile font size?
2. What font size is good for mobile?
3. Is bigger font size better?
4. Is 12px too small for mobile?

Should I reduce mobile font size?

On mobile, you have less room to display your content. Additionally, users typically hold the devices closer to their eyes than they would a laptop or desktop screen - which means your typefaces can (and should) be smaller than on desktop: Body text - Font sizes should be at least 16px for body text.

What font size is good for mobile?

The ideal base font size for mobile screens is 16 pixels. Anything smaller and users will have to pinch and zoom to read. In your site's CSS, it's recommended to set the font-size attribute in "ems" to make it more easily scaled.

Is bigger font size better?

Font size has no effect on memory, even though most people assume that bigger is better. But font style does. New research finds that people retain significantly more material — whether science, history or language — when they study it in a font that is not only unfamiliar but also hard to read.

Is 12px too small for mobile?

Web pages are often styled with font sizes that are legible on desktop, but too small for mobile. Any page copy with a font size below 12px is considered illegible on mobile devices (and even 12px is pretty small — it should be treated as the bare minimum).