- From: Anselm Hannemann <info@anselm-hannemann.com>
- Date: Tue, 20 Aug 2013 21:29:02 +0200
- To: Sylvain Galineau <galineau@adobe.com>
- Cc: Richard Fink <rfink@readableweb.com>, Lea Verou <lea@verou.me>, "www-style@w3.org List" <www-style@w3.org>
On 20.08.2013, at 21:18, Sylvain Galineau <galineau@adobe.com> wrote: > From: Richard Fink <rfink@readableweb.com> > >>> On 8/20/2013 8:32 AM, Lea Verou wrote: >>> What happens when the line width depends on the font-size, >>> such as when width is specified in ems, ch or ex? >> I would suppose that, based on the em value initially specified in >> the style sheet, the browser would compute a line size corresponding >> to that, and so that would become the boundaries of the box, so to >> speak. > > The issue Lea is referring to - I think - is that if the element has > width:30em, the em in that length refers to the font size of the element > the width property applies to. Thus if said font-size is in turn a > function of how wide the element is you have a circularity. And in CSS, > circularity is awkward. I understood that. At all circumstances a circularity has to be avoided. Therefore I made some proposals which should solve that easily by taking this into the spec. I would love to hear feedback if I'm wrong on that. -Anselm
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