XML by Example

• pt: points, where a point is 1/72 inch

• pc: picas, where a pica is 12 points

Percentage

Percentages are used for width, height, and position. A percentage is a

number followed by the percent sign “%”. There are no spaces between the

number and the sign. For example, the following rule defines a line height,

which is twice the text:

line-height: 200%

Color

1. Many properties accept a color value. There are three solutions to re-

present a color. The first one (borrowed from HTML) has the form:

#00ffe1—that is, an RGB value in hexadecimal. This example selects

a green background:

background-color: #00FF00

NOTE

With RGB, three numbers represent the propor ...