Length Measurement Units In CSS3
CSS uses various units of
measurements for specifying size of the font, width and height of margins, and
so on. These units measure the horizontal and vertical length of the content. CSS
supports two types of length measurement units namely, relative and absolute.
Ø Relative: Relative length specifies the
length units related to other length property that are calculated in comparison
to a current value.
Relative length
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Description
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Em
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Specifies the font size (height) of a particular font. The em
unit is relative to the value of the font-size
property of the selector
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Px
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Specifies the size in pixels, which is relative to the screen
of the device
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Ex
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Specifies the ‘x-height’ of a particular font. The ‘x-height’
value is approximately half the font size or the height of the lowercase letter
‘x’.
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