The width of a word space will vary depending upon the font you are working with. In most cases it falls somewhere between a thin (1/3 em) and an en (1/2 em) space. For web page treatments I usually just use 0.4em or 0.5em for a standard width word space.
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jason Crosse Sent: Tuesday, March 11, 2008 12:59 PM To: CSS-Discuss Subject: [css-d] how big is a space in ems? I've got a pretty basic question. How wide is a typographical space in relative units? I want to pad a one-line element's left side so it looks like a space has been inserted. Is there a reliable way of doing this (e.g 0.5ex;), or does is just depend on how big a given font's space is? If it's dependent on the font, is there a traditional proportion that's widely used across popular fonts? ______________________________________________________________________ css-discuss [EMAIL PROTECTED] 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/
