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 so they are. > Percentages work fine for me but W3C seem to be very enthousiastic about > using em's. Ems are partiticularly good for sizing container widths, as they make it possible to keep line-lengths the same regardless of font-size: http://members.ij.net/mrmazda/auth/widths-em-v-px.html > And another thing i can't figure out is this: what is the size of 1em? > Is it the width of the letter 'm' of a font? Here's the official definition: http://www.w3.org/TR/CSS21/syndata.html#em-width -- "Cast your cares on the Lord and He will sustain you." Psalm 55:22 NIV Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 Felix Miata *** http://members.ij.net/mrmazda/auth/ ****************************************************** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some hints on posting to the list & getting help ******************************************************
