- From: Ian Hickson <ian@hixie.ch>
- Date: Fri, 14 Mar 2008 03:33:00 +0000 (UTC)
- To: Arron Eicholz <Arron.Eicholz@microsoft.com>
- Cc: "L. David Baron" <dbaron@dbaron.org>, "public-css-testsuite@w3.org" <public-css-testsuite@w3.org>
On Thu, 13 Mar 2008, Arron Eicholz wrote: > > > > Under no circumstances is 0.5em a valid 'ex' height for this font, > > though. > > Actually I think the height can be 0.5em for a valid 'ex' height in some > cases. The problem is in the spec (section 4.3.2 paragraph 7, sentence > 5) where it states this, "In the case where it is impossible or > impractical to determine the x-height, a value of 0.5em should be used." Sure, but it's not impractical in this case, since the font contains an explicit entry giving the x-height. (At the very minimum, the test should allow for both interpretations. It shouldn't assume 0.5em exclusively.) -- Ian Hickson U+1047E )\._.,--....,'``. fL http://ln.hixie.ch/ U+263A /, _.. \ _\ ;`._ ,. Things that are impossible just take longer. `._.-(,_..'--(,_..'`-.;.'
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