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The article addresses this. The physical constraints that lead to those conventions don't apply to digital typography.
by ric2b 6y ago
The article addresses this. The physical constraints that lead to those conventions don't apply to digital typography.
- artem247 6y agoI don't think that it does to be honest. I think author does not understand typography, he did some Googling and tinkering with font software and that's about it. The real story is more complicated. Yes there is no 'em size' as a physical constraint in digital world. Yet the concept that the 'em size' represents is very important for a font. Font is more than the collection of glyphs (shapes of letters). Things like em size and default line height may seem arbitrary but they are important decisions made by font designer that should be respected by users of the font.
- irrational 6y agoWell, now you need to make the argument for why they need to be respected by users. I don't see why they need to be.