> > I find the description of font-size a bit dodgy, > > I agree. Defining a font size in terms of a unit that is based on a > font size seems pretty stupid to me too, but that's how it is. There > are lots of stupidities around.
Well, in the print business, it's much more strict, which I prefer. There are so much more units that I do not know of, but I try to keep it clear in HTML too. That's hard with such inconsistencies. > Here in the UK, we use words like "referrer" "colour" "centre" and > so on. Seems that HTML is based on a foreign language. I prefer UK English. Everything web is just crappy English :/ But on topic, em is relative and is the width of an M. There you have it, but just don't mix it all up. There's a lot of confusion around fonts. (To illustrate, Word uses pts that are bigger than the ones in InDesign.) -- Cheers, Rob. » http://www.zooibaai.nl/b/ ****************************************************** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some hints on posting to the list & getting help ******************************************************
