- From: David Dorward <david@dorward.me.uk>
- Date: Mon, 26 Oct 2009 11:06:03 +0000
- To: www-validator-css@w3.org
On 26 Oct 2009, at 10:54, Philip TAYLOR wrote: > em the font size of the element (or, to the parent element's font > size if set on the 'font-size' property) > ex the x-height of the element's font > > Is there any reason why "ex" does not also reference > the parent element's font size if set on the 'font-size' property ? Presumably because the size of the em depends only on the font-size wile the ex depends on the combination of the font-size and the font- family (which is covered by the font shorthand property). -- David Dorward http://dorward.me.uk
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