On Thu, Jul 24, 2014 at 11:22 AM, John <j...@coffeeonmars.com> wrote:
>
> On Jul 24, 2014, at 8:18 AM, Tom Livingston <tom...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> ems are relative to font size.
>>
>> Given a browser default of 16px, 1em = 16px.
>>
>> If you have something set at font-size: 120%;, that's 120% bigger than
>> 16px (1em) so, like Chris said, it would be 19px (rounded down) or
>> 1.188em;
>
> This is my understanding, too…so given that my body font-size is set at 100%, 
> should not padding-left:1.25em; be 1.25em in size?  What I’m seeing is much 
> larger.
>
> http://www.coffeeonmars.com/170_su/template/home.html
>
> Thank you!
>


Where, specifically on the page, are we talking about?


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