- From: Tab Atkins Jr. <jackalmage@gmail.com>
- Date: Mon, 16 Apr 2012 07:45:55 -0700
- To: Aryeh Gregor <ayg@aryeh.name>
- Cc: www-style@w3.org, Ehsan Akhgari <ehsan@mozilla.com>, Ryosuke Niwa <rniwa@webkit.org>
On Mon, Apr 16, 2012 at 3:43 AM, Aryeh Gregor <ayg@aryeh.name> wrote: > CSS 3 Fonts, like CSS 2.1, defines <absolute-size>s ranging from > xx-small to xx-large. The legacy HTML <font size=1> corresponds to > xx-small, 2 is small (skipping x-small), and 3-6 are medium to > xx-large. There is no CSS equivalent to <font size=7> -- 3rem is > different because it varies if you change the root element's font > size. I would like to request that a "font-size: xxx-large" value be > defined, corresponding to <font size=7> (scaling factor of 3). > > WebKit already supports "font-size: -webkit-xxx-large". Both HTML5 > and HTML Editing APIs refer to a nonexistent CSS value of "xxx-large": > > "The 'xxx-large' value is a non-CSS value used here to indicate a font > size 50% larger than 'xx-large'." > http://dev.w3.org/html5/spec/rendering.html#phrasing-content-1 +1 The font-size keyword names are kinda silly, but there's no good reason to continue differing from what <font> offered a long time ago, and what editing APIs now offer. ~TJ
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