Chapter 5

5.1 Assume that the size of the base font on a system is 12 points.

a) How big is a 36-point font in ems? 3 ems

b) How big is a 9-point font in ems? 0.75 ems

c) How ibg a 24-point font in picas? 2-picas

d) How big is a 12-point font in inches? 1/6 inch

e) How big is a 1-inch font in picas? 6 picas

5.2 Fill in the blanks in the following statements:

a) Using the link element allows authors to use external style sheets in their pages.

b) To apply a CSS rule to more than one element at a time, separate the element names with a(n) comma.

c) Pixels are a(n) relative-length measurement unit.

d) The hover pseudo class is activated when the user moves the mouse cursor over the specified element.

e) Setting the overflow property to scroll provides a mechanism for containing inner content without compromising specified box dimensions.

f) Span is a generic inline element that applies no inherent formatting and div. is a generic block-level element that applies no inherent formatting.

g) Setting property background-repeat to repeat-y tiles the specified background image vertically.

h) To begin a block of styles that applies to only the print media type, you use the declaration @media print, followed by an opening curly brace ({).

i) The text-indent property allows you to indent the first line of text in an element.

j) The three components of the box model are the padding, border, and margin.