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lumpynose · 05-16-2019, 02:53 PM

If I remember correctly an em is the width of a lower case M character. And an ex is the height of a lower case X character. So why do we use em for specifying things that are heights when we should be using ex?

(And don't get me started about the W3C site using the word alternate when they should be using alternative.)

05-16-2019, 02:53 PM	#1
lumpynose Wizard Posts: 1,086 Karma: 6719822 Join Date: Jul 2012 Device: Palm Pilot M105	widths versus heights If I remember correctly an em is the width of a lower case M character. And an ex is the height of a lower case X character. So why do we use em for specifying things that are heights when we should be using ex? (And don't get me started about the W3C site using the word alternate when they should be using alternative.)