[thelist] CSS/em unit

as is true with anything that should be an ideal solution, it is not...

in theory, the 'em' is probably your best bet, however, browser 
inconsistencies and lack of support make them 'em' imprecise at 
best, and useless at worst...

it's that very issue that caused me to put together my own user-
controlled font resizing option... 
http://evolt.org/index.cfm?menu=8&cid=253

> From: John McKenzie <jmck@connix.com>
> 
> I thought I understood the greatness of the Em in creating style
> sheets, but now I'm confused.
> 
> I had a class definition which included {font-size: 1em}, but it was
> making my type larger on PC browsers. It should not. It does not on
> the Mac. Does anyone know what's up with this?