Re: [css3-values] cap-height unit?

Sat, 29 Nov 2008 08:21:13 -0800, /L. David Baron/:

> Would it be useful to add a unit representing the height of capitals 
> in the current font?  [...]
> 
> 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.

I've once suggested a unit representing the line height for the same 
purpose, instead:

http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2003Sep/thread.html#msg120
http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2003Sep/0125.html

-- 
Stanimir

Received on Sunday, 30 November 2008 21:10:56 UTC