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InnocentB
on Sept 14, 2011
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A monospace that looks like a proportional
I think you're a bit confused here. It's the height of the capital M, not the width of the lowercase em, that is generally 1em.
thisrod
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"In olden days, an 'em' was the
width
of an 'M', but this is no longer true; ems are simply arbitrary units that come with a font" - the TeXbook, p60
LukeShu
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Yeah, it's the height now, but the name derives from the width of an "m", half an em is an "en" (as in em-dash or en-dash)
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