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306306<h3 id="font-size-prop">Font size: the 'font-size' property</h3>
307307
308- Issue: Import from level 3
308+ <pre class="propdef">
309+ Name : font-size
310+ Value : <<absolute-size>> | <<relative-size>> | <<length-percentage>>
311+ Initial : medium
312+ Applies to : all elements
313+ Inherited : yes
314+ Percentages : refer to parent element's font size
315+ Computed value : absolute length
316+ Media : visual
317+ Animatable : As <<length>>
318+ </pre>
319+
320+ This property indicates the desired height of glyphs from the
321+ font. For scalable fonts, the font-size is a scale factor applied to the EM unit
322+ of the font. (Note that certain glyphs may bleed outside their EM box.) For
323+ non-scalable fonts, the font-size is converted into absolute units and matched
324+ against the declared font-size of the font, using the same absolute coordinate
325+ space for both of the matched values.
326+ Values have the following meanings:
327+
328+ <dl dfn-for=font-size dfn-type=value>
329+ <dt> <dfn><<absolute-size>></dfn> </dt>
330+ <dd>
331+ An <<absolute-size>> keyword refers to an entry
332+ in a table of font sizes computed and kept by the user agent. Possible values
333+ are:
334+
335+ [ xx-small | x-small | small | medium | large | x-large | xx-large ]
336+ </dd>
337+
338+ <dt> <dfn><<relative-size>></dfn> </dt>
339+ <dd>
340+ A <<relative-size>> keyword is interpreted
341+ relative to the table of font sizes and the computed 'font-size' of the
342+ parent element. Possible values are:
343+
344+ [ larger | smaller ]
345+
346+ For example, if the parent element has a font size of
347+ 'medium' , a value of 'larger' will make the font size of the
348+ current element be 'large' . If the parent element's size is not
349+ close to a table entry, the user agent is free to interpolate
350+ between table entries or round off to the closest one. The user
351+ agent may have to extrapolate table values if the numerical value
352+ goes beyond the keywords.
353+ </dd>
354+
355+ <dt> <dfn><<length-percentage>></dfn> </dt>
356+ <dd>
357+ A length value specifies an absolute font size
358+ (independent of the user agent's font table).
359+ Negative lengths are invalid.
360+
361+ A percentage value specifies an absolute font size relative
362+ to the parent element's font size. Use of percentage values, or
363+ values in 'em' s, leads to more robust and cascadable style sheets.
364+ Negative percentages are invalid.
365+ </dd>
366+ </dl>
367+
368+ The following table provides user agent guidelines for the
369+ absolute-size scaling factor and their mapping to HTML heading and
370+ absolute font-sizes. The 'medium' value is used as the reference
371+ middle value. The user agent may fine-tune these values for different
372+ fonts or different types of display devices.
373+
374+ <table class="data">
375+ <thead>
376+ <th> CSS absolute-size values</th>
377+ <th> xx-small</td>
378+ <th> x-small</td>
379+ <th> small</td>
380+ <th> medium</td>
381+ <th> large</td>
382+ <th> x-large</td>
383+ <th> xx-large</td>
384+ <th> </td>
385+ </thead>
386+ <tbody>
387+ <tr>
388+ <th> scaling factor</th>
389+ <td> 3/5</td>
390+ <td> 3/4</td>
391+ <td> 8/9</td>
392+ <td> 1</td>
393+ <td> 6/5</td>
394+ <td> 3/2</td>
395+ <td> 2/1</td>
396+ <td> 3/1</td>
397+ </tr>
398+ <tr>
399+ <th> HTML headings</th>
400+ <td> h6</td>
401+ <td> </td>
402+ <td> h5</td>
403+ <td> h4</td>
404+ <td> h3</td>
405+ <td> h2</td>
406+ <td> h1</td>
407+ <td> </td>
408+ </tr>
409+ <tr>
410+ <th> HTML font sizes</th>
411+ <td> 1</td>
412+ <td> </td>
413+ <td> 2</td>
414+ <td> 3</td>
415+ <td> 4</td>
416+ <td> 5</td>
417+ <td> 6</td>
418+ <td> 7</td>
419+ </tr>
420+ </tbody>
421+ </table>
422+
423+ <p class="note"><strong> Note 1.</strong> To preserve readability, an UA applying
424+ these guidelines should nevertheless avoid creating font-size resulting
425+ in less than 9 device pixels per EM unit on a computer display.</p>
426+
427+ <p class="note"><strong> Note 2.</strong> In CSS1, the suggested
428+ scaling factor between adjacent indexes was 1.5 which user experience
429+ proved to be too large. In CSS2, the suggested scaling factor for computer
430+ screen between adjacent indexes was 1.2 which still created issues for the small
431+ sizes. The new scaling factor varies between each index to provide a better
432+ readability.</p>
433+
434+ The actual value of this property may differ from the computed
435+ value due a numerical value on 'font-size-adjust' and the
436+ unavailability of certain font sizes.
437+
438+ Child elements inherit the computed 'font-size' value (otherwise, the
439+ effect of 'font-size-adjust' would compound).
440+
441+ <div class="example">
442+ <pre>
443+ p { font-size: 12pt; }
444+ blockquote { font-size: larger }
445+ em { font-size: 150% }
446+ em { font-size: 1.5em }
447+ </pre>
448+ </div>
449+
450+ <h3 id="font-size-adjust-prop">Relative sizing: the 'font-size-adjust' property</h3>
451+
452+ TODO: Migrate this from level 3.
309453
310454<h2 id="font-resources">Font Resources</h2>
311455
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