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minus-squarelad@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·2 days agoIt’s a width same as point size of a font: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Em_(typography)
minus-squaremoriquende@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·2 days agoEm means the letter M. That’s what it’s called. Historically, M in a font was equally as wide as it was tall, so it’s used to refer to the font size.
But what is em?
It’s a width same as point size of a font: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Em_(typography)
Em means the letter M. That’s what it’s called. Historically, M in a font was equally as wide as it was tall, so it’s used to refer to the font size.