- From: Todd Fahrner <fahrner@pobox.com>
- Date: Tue, 1 Feb 2000 17:09:02 -0800
- To: Just van Rossum <just@letterror.com>, erik@netscape.com (Erik van der Poel)
- Cc: www-style@w3.org, "'www-font@w3.org'" <www-font@w3.org>
At 12:56 AM +0100 2/2/00, Just van Rossum wrote: >At 3:24 PM -0800 01-02-2000, Erik van der Poel wrote: > >If so, the "Pointsize" isn't the only thing that means anything. CSS2 > >claims that the ex/em ratio is important. > >I'm not saying it's important, I'm saying you can't reliably *get* at that >ratio, and that renders the whole discussion rather meaningless. If the requirement were for the level of precision and optical refinement appropriate to hand-set materials (or even better DTP), I would agree. But as I see it, font-size-adjust is merely a safety net - a very loosely woven one - to help mitigate some of the worst effects of font substitution, especially on screen. I think the exhibits in CSS-2 speak for themselves. -- Todd Fahrner
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