Not quite.
The idea of the "em" refers to width, not height, and is the width of
the "m" character.
As per height, "x height" refers to the height of the "x" character.
These are font-specific, so, given the same font size: em in
Helvetica is different than em in ITC Garamond 3, and the x height of
Futura Condensed is different than the x height of Verdana.
Garrett
On Jan 14, 2007, at 2:17 PM, Thom McGrath wrote:
Although roughly the same, the "em" is the height of the lowercase
m. It's a typed pronunciation of the letter m in English.
On Jan 14, 2007, at 12:40 PM, Stefan wrote:
I'd propose to use 'em' values for setting sizes. 'em' is the
relative size of the 'e' letter.
To get something 50% larger than the 'e', use a value of '1.5em'.
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