On 5/18/06, Tony Watkins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 5/18/06, Mark Fellowes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >> I know that with elastic layouts you set the element widths > >> using ems. What about margins , would those also be in ems ? > > > That or percentages, whichever looks best to you at various resolutions. > > > Ed Seedhouse > > Hmm. Since ems is a measure of height for a given font, wouldn't percent or > pixels be a better and more accurate measurement for both margins and > width/height?
No. EMs provides the best scaling possible for a layout that is intended to grow as the font grows. When the height and width of the font characters is somewhat similar, doubly so. -- -- Christian Montoya christianmontoya.com ... rdpdesign.com ... cssliquid.com ______________________________________________________________________ css-discuss [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.css-discuss.org/mailman/listinfo/css-d IE7b2 testing hub -- http://css-discuss.incutio.com/?page=IE7 List wiki/FAQ -- http://css-discuss.incutio.com/ Supported by evolt.org -- http://www.evolt.org/help_support_evolt/
