- From: tom mcCain <tom@crittur.com>
- Date: Fri, 08 Mar 2002 15:48:15 -0500
- To: "WAI (E-mail)" <w3c-wai-ig@w3.org>
>It's the size of the letter "m" which is the widest letter in the latin >alphabet (generally). Actually, no. Em is the square of the type size. Thus an em is 12 points square in 12 point type (and a capital M is rarely as wide, measured in points, as the size of the type). En is half an em. To avoid misunderstanding, especially in noisy press rooms, printers often referred to ems and ens as muttons and nuts. The Elements of Typographic Style by Robert Bringhurst, Hartley and Marks, 1992. . . / tom mcCain tom@crittur.com http://www.crittur.com indianapolis, indiana usa
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