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[css-text] Syntax for percentage-of-width-of-space for 'word-spacing'

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Description

We just resolved in https://github.com/w3c/csswg-drafts/issues/2165 to make percentages be relative to the current font size (like ems, but not computing to an absolute length for inheritance). That means we need a different syntax to represent a length proportional to the width of a space (that inherits as a proportion).

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No implementation file or test is named. Read the resolution in issue 2165 and the discussion here to understand the inheritance and proportional-length requirements; done means reaching agreement on a syntax for representing a length proportional to the width of a space.

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Tech stack
css
Domain
frontend
Issue type
Feature
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5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
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