Posted by dorayme on 11/03/07 18:32

In article <slrnfiogtv.v30.spamspam@bowser.marioworld>,
Ben C <spamspam@spam.eggs> wrote:

> On 2007-11-03, dorayme
> >
> > http://netweaver.com.au/test/lineHeight.html
>
> I think the point is that if you inherit a percentage line-height, you
> get that percentage of the font-size of the ancestor that you inherited
> line-height from.
>
> This is because you don't inherit it as a percentage, but you inherit
> the result of that percentage applied to the ancestor it was set on.
>

Certainly right. I chose the absurdly big 'ancestral' 50px to
help see a case of this.

> The spec is rather unclear on this:

I agree. As so often, One stares at the specs, forms about 4
alternative pics in the brain as to what the meaning or
implications really are, shrugs, makes some test cases and the
pennies start to drop - with any luck. Then one goes back to the
specs and they look a bit clearer. <g>

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dorayme

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