I think the gimmick they're talking about is using
body {font-size:62.5%;}
in an attempt to give yourself the illusion of 1em = 10px.An "em" is relative to the user's default font-size, whereas a pixel is absolute*. So the 62.5% calculation only works with one specific default font-size. The gimmick isn't using em's, it's the idea that em's and px's can be converted back and forth. It's not like converting inches to cm, it's like converting "5 lengths of the user's thumb" to inches. If you want to size your page in pixels, you should use pixels, not em's. Em's are better, but the technique you were using above is an attempt to make em's behave identically to pixels, which is impossible since the size of an em is different for each user. Only use a font-size of 1.5em's if you want the font size to be one and a half times the size of the user's default font. Not if you want it to be a specific pixel amount. ______________________________________________________________________ css-discuss [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.css-discuss.org/mailman/listinfo/css-d List wiki/FAQ -- http://css-discuss.incutio.com/ List policies -- http://css-discuss.org/policies.html Supported by evolt.org -- http://www.evolt.org/help_support_evolt/
