RE: Units, font sizing, and zoom suggestion for CSS 3

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Todd Fahrner [mailto:fahrner@pobox.com]

> >What you are aiming for is the Åp unit which I suggested.
> 
> Åp is not the same as em in CSS. In TrueType/Type 1 at least, the em 
> is a parameter of the font determined by the font designer. It has no 
> necessary relation to any physical features of the glyphs.

I know. Which is why "font-size" should set the actual height of Åp
(or Ép...; or similar for other scripts), rather than set something
with no defined relation to the glyph size.  (At least for typefaces
that aren't overwhelmingly stylish, and thus unsuitable for (most)
running text anyway.)

		Kind regards
		/kent k