Hi Nick
[quote]The big advantage of em over % for font size is you can use em to
control width of other sections of the web site like line length and
container divs.[/quote]
Oke, i get that. Use em's to determine the width of a div and the div
will resize if the user sets his font size to
But i'm not suggesting to use pixel sizing as an alternative for using em's.
I'm suggesting to use percentages instead of em's.
Actually i'm asking: what is the difference between using percentages or
em's? (when it comes to font-size).
Some of you have been trying to answer that question for
wybe wrote:
what is the difference between using percentages or
em's? (when it comes to font-size).
None. All other things being equal, 1em = 100%, 0.75em = 75%, 0.5em =
50% and so on.
IE has a problem if the topmost size you define is ems, but beyond that
it's all exactly the same.
As
I get that!
thnx
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Patrick H. Lauke wrote:
wybe wrote:
what is the difference between using percentages or
em's? (when it comes to font-size).
None. All other things being equal, 1em = 100%, 0.75em = 75%, 0.5em =
50% and so on.
IE has a problem if the
ncowie wrote:
An em is equal to the width of an uppercase M in that font face and
That would be a print media em. For the web, we have a standard
definition: http://www.w3.org/TR/CSS21/syndata.html#em-width
point size, except on the web it is 16 pixels or the if the font size
has been
Felix Miata wrote:
No, it's not 16px. It's whatever size the user's browser default is
set to. In most modern browsers, it just happens to start at 16px in
most cases, but that is partly by accident, and is subject to user
adjustment in multiple ways.
The W3C has specified 16px/96ppi as
Wybe wrote:
Actually i'm asking: what is the difference between using
percentages or em's? (when it comes to font-size).
No difference for just font-size.
The advantage comes in using ems for both font-size and layout dimensions.
Your layout can be proportional to your font size. Read
I believe the size of EM is the default size assigned by the browser, thus
if the browsers default font size is 12px then 1em is 12px.
Or if you set the
body
{
font-size: 12px;
}
and
p
{
font-size: 1.5em;
}
The size would be 18px.
Somebody correct me if I am wrong, but this is
wybe wrote:
I was wondering about the use of em's to determin your font size.
What is the difference between using em's or percentages?
If http://css-discuss.incutio.com/?page=UsingEms and
http://css-discuss.incutio.com/?page=UsingPercentages aren't good enough
explanations, let's change them
I think he meant in the middle of his layout if he uses an em and
makes it bigger than the other text.
There is no problem with this if its a chunk of text but if you're
just using em as a single linesomewhere, then i'd say it was bad.
On 24 Sep 2005, at 23:12, Taco Fleur - Pacific Fox
Disregard my last statement, I got the wrong end of the stick
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The big advantage of em over % for font size is you can use em to
control width of other sections of the web site like line length and
container divs.
An em is equal to the width of an uppercase M in that font face and
point size, except on the web it is 16 pixels or the if the font size
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