Re: [css-fonts] font-min-size initial

On Wednesday 2017-03-15 15:01 -0700, Myles C. Maxfield wrote:
> Is there a reason to prefer one or the other?

A reason to prefer unitless lengths for initial values is to avoid
suggesting that one unit is the preferred unit for that property.

-David

> > On Mar 15, 2017, at 10:01 AM, Jonathan Kew <jfkthame@gmail.com> wrote:
> > 
> > On 15/03/2017 16:08, Myles C. Maxfield wrote:
> >> Don't <<length>>s need units?
> > 
> > "for zero lengths the unit identifier is optional"
> > 
> > https://www.w3.org/TR/css3-values/#lengths

> >>> On Mar 13, 2017, at 2:00 PM, Jens Oliver Meiert <jens@meiert.com> wrote:
> >>> Why does font-min-size [1] have a unit in their initial value, when
> >>> that value is 0? I assume this has a reason that I overlooked but want
> >>> to rule out that it is a bug :)
> >>> 
> >>> [1] https://drafts.csswg.org/css-fonts-4/#font-min-max-size-prop

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