Re: [css-values] The length unit 'Q' (quarter of millimeter)

Simon Sapin <simon.sapin@exyr.org> wrote on 2013/11/17 23:36:21
> On 17/11/2013 18:38, MURAKAMI Shinyu wrote:
> > See the following article for more details about 'Q':
> >
> >    Font size in the metric system (by Toshi Omagari)
> >    http://tosche.net/2013/10/font-size-in-the-metric-system_e.html
> 
> I don’t know if we should do this at all, but we could define 1Q as 0.25mm. Note however that it would not necessarily equal 0.25 millimeters. Size anything in CSS mm and put a ruler to your screen, you’ll most probably get a different result because of the definition of the reference pixel:
> 
> http://dev.w3.org/csswg/css-values/#reference-pixel
> 
> (Implementations like Antenna House can choose to make CSS absolute lengths match physical lengths on paper, though.)
> 
> Is that OK with you?

OK. This is like all other CSS absolute lengths.

Shinyu Murakami
Antenna House

Received on Sunday, 17 November 2013 16:41:05 UTC