> i love ems. i hate that they don't work well. > > Understanding Em > http://webreview.com/wr/pub/98/06/26/webfonts/index.html > > linked from the evolt.org article: > > Give the User Control Over Your Fonts. > http://evolt.org/index.cfm?menu=8&cid=253 hi aardvark great article, and next week it's a year old -- happy birthday!! got a few more links for ya -- Em (Glossary of Typographic Terms) http://www.graphion.com/gloss.html#em The em-quad (square) http://home1.swipnet.se/~w-20547/stylework/typograph1-en.html#Ch23 Typography & Page Layout -- the Point System http://www.dtp-aus.com/typo/pointsys.shtml want me to add these as a comment to your article? oh, and guess what, neither whatis.com nor webopedia.com have an entry for em -- somebody should write something up for them, i know whatis gives credit to contributors.... rudy.limeback r937.com evolt.org