- From: Felix Miata <mrmazda@earthlink.net>
- Date: Sun, 19 Feb 2012 14:42:46 -0500
- To: www-style@w3.org
On 2012/02/19 09:15 (GMT-0800) Tab Atkins Jr. composed: > It's largely people using the pt unit for fonts, but the other > units show up at times, and people expect them to have a dependable > ratio with px. Others expect measuring units defined centuries ago to retain the same meaning in novel contexts as they do in traditional contexts. cf. the puter world's hijacking of decimal multiples MB, KB, GB, etc. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Binary_prefix -- "The wise are known for their understanding, and pleasant words are persuasive." Proverbs 16:21 (New Living Translation) Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 ** a11y rocks! Felix Miata *** http://fm.no-ip.com/
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