Re: [css-writing-modes] Rename extent/measure to block-size/inline-size?

Hello Simon,

Wednesday, March 12, 2014, 6:31:42 PM, you wrote:

> On 12/03/2014 17:18, Chris Lilley wrote:
>> I see from todays telcon
>> "RESOLVED: Rename measure and extent to inline-something and
>> block-something with something TBA ASAP"
>>
>> Okay, but (for the benefit of typographers and designers reading the
>> spec) I would like to see the term "the measure" used as part of the
>> textual explanation for inline-something - 'in typesetting, this is
>> often called "the measure"' or something along those lines.

> Yes, we should mention typography’s "measure" in the definition of 
> inline-size (or inline-something), but I’d rather it not be the term we
> use all over our specs to refer to this concept.

We are in agreement here.

> As someone not familiar with typography, I don’t know which is which 
> between measure and extent. (I’ve learned it by now, but I still managed
> to get it wrong today on the call.)


> By the way, do you have an opinion on what "something" should be in 
> "inline-something" and "block-something"? Some options are size, 
> dimension, length, breadth, extent, ...

That depends. Tell we what happens in vertical text.  Breadth is
unlikely to work there since it implies a horizontal measurement.
Length would work for both inline and block in both horizontal and
vertical writing modes, I think.


-- 
Best regards,
 Chris                            mailto:chris@w3.org

Received on Wednesday, 12 March 2014 18:22:33 UTC