Re: [css3-mediaqueries] Media query "em" example contradicts normative prose

On Fri, 10 Feb 2012 03:22:18 +0100, Boris Zbarsky <bzbarsky@mit.edu> wrote:

> Section 6 says:
>
>    Relative units in media queries are based on the initial value. For
>    example, in HTML, the ‘em’ unit is relative to the initial value of
>    ‘font-size’.
>
> while example 25 in section 4.1 says:
>
>    The ‘em’ value is relative to the font size of the root element.
>
> I believe the normative prose is correct and the example is wrong.

Yes.

> Furthermore, I think it would be good to add an example that shows that
> "rem" is also based on the initial value of 'font-size' in media queries.

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