Re: Widths in tables

Dave Raggett (dsr@hplb.hpl.hp.com)
Tue, 25 Apr 95 11:35:46 EDT

> In most fonts (and in fixed width fonts by definition), an en is about
> the width of a digit, so in practice ch can be interpreted to be
> exactly the same as en (or 0.5 em).

Thats why I adopted en's throughout the HTML3 I-D.

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