Re: [css-d] understanding scaling factors for % and EM

Sent by Ian Hickson on 30 September 2002 12:12

On Sun, 29 Sep 2002, Timothy J. Luoma wrote:
> 
> Does any of this sound logical?  I seem to recall someone (Eric?) awhile 
> back saying that EM is not exactly %, i.e. .8em ~= 80%

On 'font-size', numerically, 'em' is exactly equal to '%' divided by a
hundred.

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Message thread:

• [css-d] understanding scaling factors for % and EM - Timothy J. Luoma, 30th September 2002 03:29
  • Re: [css-d] understanding scaling factors for % and EM - John A. Lewis, 30th September 2002 05:19
    • Re: [css-d] understanding scaling factors for % and EM - Eric A. Meyer, 30th September 2002 16:20
  • Re: [css-d] understanding scaling factors for % and EM - Ian Hickson, 30th September 2002 12:58