- From: fantasai <fantasai.lists@inkedblade.net>
- Date: Fri, 11 Apr 2014 18:15:02 -0700
- To: MURAKAMI Shinyu <murakami@antenna.co.jp>
- CC: www-style@w3.org
On 11/17/2013 02:38 AM, MURAKAMI Shinyu wrote: > Hi, > > I would like to propose adding a length unit, 'Q' (1Q = 0.25mm). > > The unit 'Q' is very common in Japanese typesetting and > all major professional typesetting system used in Japan support > this, for example, InDesign's Japanese version uses 'Q' as font size > unit by default setting. > > I think the unit 'Q' is not only necessary for Japanese typesetting > professionals but also useful for many other people worldwide using > the international standard metric system. > > See the following article for more details about 'Q': > > Font size in the metric system (by Toshi Omagari) > http://tosche.net/2013/10/font-size-in-the-metric-system_e.html Thank you for your simple and well-explained proposal, Murakami-san! The CSSWG resolved to accept your proposal for CSS Values and Units, http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2014Apr/0016.html and I have folded it into the spec here: http://dev.w3.org/csswg/css-values/#q This is 2013 CR Issue #7: http://dev.w3.org/csswg/css-values-3/issues-cr-2013#issue-7 ~Elika
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