- From: Erik van der Poel <erik@netscape.com>
- Date: Fri, 04 Feb 2000 21:44:09 -0800
- To: David Lemon <typenerd@slip.net>
- CC: www-font@w3.org
David Lemon wrote: > > Erik van der Poel wrote: > > > > I don't know much about the history of Windows's APIs,... > > I'm afraid I know less. I'm a typographer, not an engineer, and I've > absorbed only so much by hanging out with them. That's a pity. Since you started talking about Microsoft being in a "bind" and em vs bounding boxes, it immediately reminded me of Windows's rather peculiar negative lfHeight thing. I mean, who would normally specify a negative number for a height? I was sorta hoping that somebody here could explain the history of that API. Anybody from Microsoft know the answer? Thanks, Erik
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