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In typography, a unit of measure generally equivalent to the width of the letter m. When in the context of a 12-point font, an em is equal to a pica.
My car is badass. I can go from 0 to 6.33 ems per second in 8 seconds! Heck yes!
em by therealken July 23, 2008
In typography, a unit of measure generally equivalent to the width of the letter m. When in the context of a 12-point font, an em is equal to a pica.
My car is badass. I can go from 0 to 6.33 ems per millisecond in 8 seconds! Heck yes!
em by therealken August 3, 2005