- From: Simon Sapin <simon.sapin@kozea.fr>
- Date: Thu, 17 Jan 2013 21:17:59 +0100
- To: www-style@gtalbot.org
- CC: "CSS WWW Style (www-style@w3.org)" <www-style@w3.org>
Le 17/01/2013 20:38, "Gérard Talbot" a écrit : > CSS 2.1, section 4.3.2 Lengths states > > " > ex: the 'x-height' of the relevant font > (...) > The 'ex' unit is defined by the element's first available font. Yes, this is the key sentence. > The > exception is when 'ex' occurs in the value of the 'font-size' property, in > which case it refers to the 'ex' of the parent element. > " > http://www.w3.org/TR/CSS21/syndata.html#length-units css3-values already says … """ The exception is when [font-relative lengths] occur in the value of the ‘font-size’ property itself, in which case they refer to the computed font metrics of the parent element (or the computed font metrics corresponding to the initial values of the ‘font’ property, if the element has no parent). """ which I think is the same. (ex of the parent vs. x-height of the first font of the parent.) > This chunk of text is most likely what is missing in > CSS 3 Values and Units, section 5.1.1. Font-relative lengths: the ‘em’, > ‘ex’, ‘ch’, ‘rem’ units > http://www.w3.org/TR/css3-values/#ex-unit Yes, that would be an adequate fix. -- Simon Sapin
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