Posted by William Gill on 09/28/07 14:35

Chris F.A. Johnson wrote:
> You have no idea what anyone's browser window look like. Setting a
> height in pixels (for anything other than a fixed-size object like
> an image) is doomed to failure.

I may be setting myself up here, but I have been wondering. Suppose I
have a fairly small block of text I need to insert on a page like an
insert or sidebar in print. I could a) add a floated div of specific
height (in ems of course) that would be fluid, b) have a text image of
specific dimensions (in its intrinsic pixels). but why couldn't I c)
create a div that I treat like an image using pixels dimensions, but
without the bandwidth hit of the image?

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