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Posted by angelfirenze
angelfirenze
10,870 Points

Using 'em[s]' as a measurement versus ems as 'emphasis'...

How would I go about working with both the measurement of 'em' versus the emphasis tag? It seems to me that the code would break unless I'm missing a detail for differentiating each from the other.

2 Answers

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,275 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,275 Points

This should probably go in the CSS category, but there's no issue with confusing tag names with measurement unit because they are used in completely different ways. For example, this CSS rule uses both:

em {            /* this is the tag name, a unit would never go here */
  margin: 2em;  /* but ONLY a unit would go here */
}
angelfirenze
angelfirenze
10,870 Points
angelfirenze
angelfirenze
10,870 Points

Cool! Wow!