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21882188 glyph measurement if possible, but may fall back on a default of 0.5em
21892189 if the first available font does not contain suitable information.
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2191+ Ian responded to the second of Bert's ideas above with:
2192+
2193+ > This would work too. It differs from the alternative proposal in that
2194+ > it uses the 'ex' height of the first font _with an x_, rather than
2195+ > the first available font. Is that what we want?
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2197+ To which Bert replied:
2198+
2199+ That's what I gathered from the minutes:
2200+ http://www.w3.org/2005/10/17-css-irc.html#T22-09-17
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2202+ I think the argument was that, if you use an ex and there is an x in the
2203+ content, you would want the two to match. Plus, UAs already know how to
2204+ search the font list for the font with an x.
2205+
2206+ I think that's reasonable, and it made the algorithm nice and short. But
2207+ I'm open for suggestions.
2208+
21912209=WG= Discuss.
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