- From: Tab Atkins Jr. <jackalmage@gmail.com>
- Date: Thu, 18 Mar 2010 20:06:55 -0700
- To: "L. David Baron" <dbaron@dbaron.org>
- Cc: www-style@w3.org
On Thu, Mar 18, 2010 at 5:43 PM, L. David Baron <dbaron@dbaron.org> wrote: > On Thursday 2010-03-18 17:23 -0700, Tab Atkins Jr. wrote: >> I like it. The <number> value is also simply more difficult to use, >> as you need to experimentally determine the x-height of your first >> font yourself. > > Let me clarify one thing that might have been unclear: this > proposal is about basing 'auto' on the *user agent's* initial value > (i.e., the "Initial value" line in the spec) for 'font-family', not > on the first of the families provided by the author. That was unclear to me, but doesn't change the fact that it makes it easier. It automatically determines the x-height of *some* normal, appropriate font, which should often be sufficiently useful. ~TJ
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