- From: Maniac <Maniac@SoftwareManiacs.Org>
- Date: Wed, 01 Jun 2005 18:22:47 +0400
- To: Felix Miata <mrmazda@ij.net>
- CC: www-style@w3.org
Felix Miata wrote: >I'm trying to better understand. But once again I refer you to the >actual language at http://www.w3.org/TR/CSS21/fonts.html#propdef-font > >"<em><b>All</b></em> font-related properties ><em>are first reset to their ><b>initial values</b></em>, ... ><em>Then</em> those properties that are given explicit values in the >'font' shorthand are set to those values." (emphasis supplied) > > May be this should be rephrased. Really the words 'first' and 'then' make readers think that values calculated 'then' do depend on values to which they was reset 'first'. Which is not the case with 'font-size'. To Felix: yes, font-size:70% means 70% of _parent's_ regardless of any previous computed value of this font-size, be it 'medium' or not.
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