Re: [css-d] PX vs. EM ?

2010-10-21 Thread david
Claude Needham wrote: On Wed, Oct 20, 2010 at 5:04 PM, Corona Rivera corona.riv...@johnmuirhealth.com wrote: Would someone please explain why EM is usually used for the width property instead of Pixels? I'm inclined to use pixels since that's the monitor's unit of measurement but Adobe and

[css-d] PX vs. EM ?

2010-10-20 Thread Corona Rivera
Would someone please explain why EM is usually used for the width property instead of Pixels? I'm inclined to use pixels since that's the monitor's unit of measurement but Adobe and most CSS examples I see use the M. - How come? Thanks, Corona

Re: [css-d] PX vs. EM ?

2010-10-20 Thread Claude Needham
On Wed, Oct 20, 2010 at 5:04 PM, Corona Rivera corona.riv...@johnmuirhealth.com wrote: Would someone please explain why EM is usually used for the width property instead of Pixels? I'm inclined to use pixels since that's the monitor's unit of measurement but Adobe and most CSS examples I

Re: [css-d] PX vs. EM ?

2010-10-20 Thread David Laakso
On 10/20/10 8:04 PM, Corona Rivera wrote: Would someone please explain why EM is usually used for the width property instead of Pixels? Perhaps because they never experimented with advantages of employing px, em, and percent widths within the same layout :-) ? Best, Dr Lakra Oaxaca,

Re: [css-d] PX vs. EM ?

2010-10-20 Thread Felix Miata
On 2010/10/20 17:04 (GMT-0700) Corona Rivera composed: Would someone please explain why EM is usually used for the width property instead of Pixels? I'm inclined to use pixels since that's the monitor's unit of measurement but Adobe and most CSS examples I see use the M. - How come? A