Ben C <spamspam@spam.eggs> writes:

> On 2008-03-21, Gus Richter <gusrichter@netscape.net> wrote:
>> Ben C wrote:
> [...]
>> Great stuff Ben. Where did you get this "strut" thing from? Sounds like
>> something for my car.
>
> It's mentioned in the CSS specification. Apparently it's a TeX term.

.... taken (by TeX) from the world of metal type where it was exactly
what you would expect -- a metal strut that was used to hold space
open in a layout.

--
Ben.