- From: Douglas Rand <drand@sgi.com>
- Date: Fri, 18 Jul 1997 14:46:10 -0400
- To: David Perrell <davidp@earthlink.net>
- CC: "Chris Wilson (PSD)" <cwilso@MICROSOFT.com>, "'Gayle Kidder'" <reddik@sandiego.com>, www-style@w3.org
David Perrell wrote: > The default size, the 100% size, and the 1em size should be the same, > but they are not. Why is this true? An em-space isn't necessarily the same as the font height. The font height should be the basis for the relative (percentage) size, not the em-space width. > 100% and 1em should refer to the browser default if the default has not > been changed by an author stylesheet declaration, and it appears that > neither N nor IE do an exact match. I wonder why this is so. I'm guessing that you (unfortunately) picked a font where an em-space is about the same as the font height. That's why it's almost right. Why do people think it's a good idea to specify font sizes in terms of ems? I understand percentages, points, pixels, inches, mm's etc., but not en or em spaces. Doug -- Doug Rand drand@sgi.com Silicon Graphics/SSO http://reality.sgi.com/drand Disclaimer: These are my views, SGI's views are in 3D
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