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Tyler, that was an awesome post.  Great information, even after using CSS
for years.  I tend to use only px.

I'm curious why you put px into the relative category though.  I consider
px an absolute measurement.  Now if it were 'pt'...I could see relative.

Still, great knowledge imparted there.  Good job!

mark->

This public service announcement was brought to you by Tyler:
> Just for the record: width can be specified in either absolute terms
> (ie, exact measures) or relative terms (eg, the width of an "M" for
> whatever font of whatever size is being used for display)
> 
> absolute units - in, cm, mm, pt, pc
> relative units - em (width), ex (height), px
> percentage - relative to parent's width
> 
> If you specify a width as being 20em, it won't matter WHAT font size
> or type the user may have overriden your style with, the element's
> width will still scale to twenty maximum-width characters.
> 
> For this reason, web design should always attempt to use relative
> units as opposed to absolute for layout.  If your navigation column is
> always 30em wide and your content column is fluid (or, preferably, has
> a min-width or spacer in it to guarantee a minimum width), then you
> never need worry about the browser font size and style settings; it
> just scales automatically.
> 
> Tyler
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