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

> > > I would really like to move away from the definition involving the
> > words
> > > "when set solid". That definition just doesn't mean very much,
> >
> > would "when line-height==font-size" be preferable? Because that is what
> > "set solid" meant, when I wrote it.
> How about 'when the line box is the same height as the em square'.

No, that is too indirect. One would need to understand the whole
line/inline/font box model just to understand font-size. That's
ridiculous. I prefer a *direct* definition of font-size, in terms of em
square, as suggested previously.

Erik

Received on Friday, 21 January 2000 11:45:59 UTC