Support for ems in leading field of the type panel
When setting the leading, we have the option of "Auto" or setting a specific value in a static unit like px or pt.
It would be great if a dynamic unit like ems (as implemented in CSS) were available to make leading, and I suppose other type attributes, scalable relative to the font size.
For example, if I have a block of text set to 12pt and 1.5em, the leading would be 1.5x the point size, and therefore 18pt. If I were to alter the font size to 20px, the leading would still be 1.5em and therefore would scale automatically to 30px.
This could also then output to the CSS Properties panel as ems.
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Fireworks Gallery commented
Or have leading as a percentage of font size, or x height. The important point is something that scales as you increase/decrease font size. It should also be tied to each text block; the ability to set a global value for the Auto option would be less useful.
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One can set auto-leading to something else than the default 120%, which is 1.2em. If you set it to 100%, Auto will mean 1em. 150% gives you 1.5 em.
The values is kept per paragraph, so it’s flexible enough.
Sure it’s not as straightforward as using 'em' directly (which is a CSS incursion in a way), but it’s doable already, always was. -
Douglas Brandt
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Agreed whole-heartedly...
If not in terms of ems (which may be too CSS-specific for some traditional designers), then at least expressed as a percentage of the font size in use..
I know this is the same thing, but non-coders might understand percentage rather than em. ;-)
