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 Posted by Mark Parnell on 06/21/94 11:39 
Deciding to do something for the good of humanity, John Salerno 
<johnjsal@NOSPAMgmail.com> declared in alt.html: 
 
> I know I will feel stupid after you answer this question, but how do I  
> do that? I don't see an immediate connection between, say, 200px and any  
> particular em value. 
 
That's the whole point - if there was a direct correlation, there would 
be little point in using the one rather than the other. Generally I find 
around 15-20em is a good starting point for sidebars - adjust to suit. 
 
> I know em is relative to its ancestors, but I don't  
> see how that works here. 
 
No it's not. It's always relative to the user's default font size. 
 
--  
Mark Parnell 
 
Now implementing http://blinkynet.net/comp/uip5.html
 
  
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