2008/12/1 Sylvain Galineau <sylvaing@microsoft.com>: > >> Would it be useful to add a unit representing the height of capitals >> in the current font? [snip] It seems like it could be useful when sizing >> images to fit within a line of text, and it further seems like the >> implementation could share a lot of code with the implementation of the 'ex' unit. > > My first reaction aligns with Stanimir's suggestion i.e. wouldn't a line-height multiple be more useful for this use-case ? A lot of times an image is used as a character (e.g., which has no Unicode, or which is unusual and so absent in most common fonts). A cap-height unit would be more useful in this case. -- cheers, -ambrose The 'net used to be run by smart people; now many sites are run by idiots. So SAD... (Sites that do spam filtering on mails sent to the abuse contact need to be cut off the net...)Received on Monday, 1 December 2008 20:54:20 UTC
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