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Re: understanding scaling factors for % and EM: msg#01281

Subject: Re: understanding scaling factors for % and EM
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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