Posted by Mark Parnell on 05/26/05 09:30

Previously in alt.html, Cogito <nospam@nospam.nospam> said:

> BTW, what does em stand for? What unit of measure is it?

It's an em. It doesn't stand for anything, it's just an em. It's a
measurement that has been used in typography for years, long before the
web.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Em_(typography)

> Gee, Time flies. My pages are littered with align=
> What should I use instead?

CSS.
http://w3.org/TR/CSS2/

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