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Confused with length units em,en, & ex in Margin

From: Neil St.Laurent <neil@bigpic.com>
Date: Tue, 22 Jul 1997 15:43:56 -0600
Message-Id: <199707222139.PAA00279@underworld.bigpic.com>
To: www-style@w3.org

In a margin specification (or padding)  I'm assuming the en and em 
measurements are based on the font for the current element.  Is this 
correct?
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Received on Tuesday, 22 July 1997 17:40:25 GMT

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