On Jan 6, 2010, at 4:49 PM, Robert O'Callahan wrote: > On Thu, Jan 7, 2010 at 1:23 PM, Jonathan Kew <jonathan@jfkew.plus.com> wrote: > Not every web designer is a web-only designer. Some may have a background in print design, for example, in which case they're likely to have a pretty clear idea of the relative sizes of "pt" and "in" or "cm", and they're entitled to have that relationship maintained in the CSS world (I think). > > "in", "cm", "mm", and "pc" are basically unused on the Web as far as I can tell. At least, all of the examples of problems arising from physical units are "pt", not the other units. > > That suggests that designers won't get confused, since they don't actually use "in", "cm" or "mm". I sometimes use points and inches in my print style sheets, where they work pretty well. Am I the only one?
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