On Tue, 24 Jan 2012, Tim Climis wrote:
From my this, it really visually appears as if the em is not an "m" or an "M"
in
even the most plain typeface. That's when the text is centered. If it's left or
right aligned, you can fit in two more "m".
As has been discussed before in this thread, em is not a horizontal measure.
It is a vertical measure, and is defined as the size of the font.
It may be used for horizontal or vertical measurement, but its definition is
based on a vertical measurement, the font-size.
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