You can spec font-size of 100% on the body. This respects the users preference settings in their browser. You can then spec element font size in ems. The 16px is usually the default size set in browsers upon install. — Sent from Mailbox for iPhone
On Thu, Apr 18, 2013 at 5:54 PM, COM <j...@coffeeonmars.com> wrote: > My understanding of font-size spec is: 100% = 1 em = the size of an "M" and > that this is 16px high. > What I am not clear is: where do you tell the browser how large the "M" is? > Is it universally understood that 1 "M" is 16 pixels high? > thank you! > John > ______________________________________________________________________ > css-discuss [css-d@lists.css-discuss.org] > http://www.css-discuss.org/mailman/listinfo/css-d > List wiki/FAQ -- http://css-discuss.incutio.com/ > List policies -- http://css-discuss.org/policies.html > Supported by evolt.org -- http://www.evolt.org/help_support_evolt/ ______________________________________________________________________ css-discuss [css-d@lists.css-discuss.org] http://www.css-discuss.org/mailman/listinfo/css-d List wiki/FAQ -- http://css-discuss.incutio.com/ List policies -- http://css-discuss.org/policies.html Supported by evolt.org -- http://www.evolt.org/help_support_evolt/
