CSS Units Support
This tutorial is about the units used in CSS, about the uses and pitfalls of the various methods of measuring CSS styled elements. Starting with font sizes we'll move on to boxes and positioning elements. Looking at the advantages and disadvantages of the different units of measurement we'll try to give you some clues on what you could use where (and some things to avoid). Oh, and of course we'll make sure we take into account the idiosyncrasies of different browsers along the way.
So, if you're confused about ems, or perplexed by percentages, this is a good introduction to the hows and whys of unit setting.
Matt Machell
A man of many talents, Matt has been a web designer, technical editor, and jewellery picker. He is currently on contract for the Birmingham City University, producing pages for research centres.
He has tech-edited a dozen books on web design and development for glasshaus, Apress and Sitepoint.
He likes music with loud guitars and games with obscure rules.
His website can be found at: http://www.eclecticdreams.com
He lives in Birmingham with his girlfriend, Frances, and a horde of spider plants.