- From: Thomas Bredin-Grey via GitHub <sysbot+gh@w3.org>
- Date: Fri, 28 Oct 2016 03:38:21 +0000
- To: public-css-archive@w3.org
tbredin has just created a new issue for https://github.com/w3c/csswg-drafts: == [css-values] baseline-position unit? == I've just found out about the `ch` and `ex` units described here: https://www.w3.org/TR/css3-values/#relative-lengths Baseline position (perhaps in a format like `top: 1bpos` for example), would give us information on the position of the baseline relative to the top of the box model (without padding?) for a given font. Baseline position: This is something that could become extremely useful in vertical rhythm projects such as [Sassline](https://github.com/jakegiltsoff/sassline) and [MegaType](https://github.com/studiothick/megatype), which go to great length to attempt to find this position through other means. When combined with `ex` (and a speculative [cap height](https://github.com/w3c/csswg-drafts/issues/660)), we also start to build up a very useful picture of a font's vertical metrics. Please view or discuss this issue at https://github.com/w3c/csswg-drafts/issues/661 using your GitHub account
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