Printer's spacing units
Ems is the plural of em, a typographical unit of measurement equal to the width of the capital letter M in a given typeface.
Designers use ems to specify spacing, indentation, and text sizing: Set the paragraph indent to two ems.
In web design, ems allow text to scale proportionally with font size. (Capitalized EMS is emergency medical services.)
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Printer's spacing units
Ems is the plural of em, a typographical unit of measurement equal to the width of the capital letter M in a given typeface.
Designers use ems to specify spacing, indentation, and text sizing: Set the paragraph indent to two ems.
In web design, ems allow text to scale proportionally with font size. (Capitalized EMS is emergency medical services.)
1. typography — en-dash, Midlength horizontal stroke; pica (Printing measurement unit); point (Exact location or meaning); quad (Enclosed campus lawn); spacing · typesetting · kerning · leading · indent · dash · width · measure · unit · monospace
typographic unit sizeems ≠ points Units of tally; picas · absolute units · pixels · inches · centimeters
type sizes: point size, pica, points, picas, font size
Word data: Linguabase (CC0) · www.idea.org/words/ems