[thelist] font-size: em vs. percent

Craig Saila crsaila at yahoo.ca
Wed Nov 28 14:32:22 CST 2001


Leann Underwood wrote:

> The W3C seems to favor em units for specifying font sizes.  (See
> http://www.w3c.org/TR/WCAG10-CSS-TECHS/#units) But I've always preferred
> percentages.  Is there a reason to use one over another?


A List Apart has an article discussing the various CSS units, 
specifically % and em:
<http://www.alistapart.com/stories/fear4/5.html>


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Craig Saila
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