Typography

Em(全身)

定义

相对排版单位,等于当前元素的字体大小;在16 px上下文中,1 em等于16 px。

解释

Historically, the em was the width of the uppercase letter 'M' in a given typeface — since 'M' was typically as wide as it was tall, it approximated the point size. In modern CSS and digital typography, em is purely relative to font-size, making it useful for scalable layouts: setting padding to 1 em ensures it always scales proportionally with text. The related 'rem' unit is relative to the root element's font size instead.

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