Thanks for the tip! I'm actually rewriting the CSS now (^_^; I'll keep
that in mind when classing.
I drew the images in Paint Shop Pro 7. I used a couple of light base
colours and a darker line tool. Then I saved them as gif (5 colour
palette?) so they are a nice small size.
Thanks for the suggestions
Darian
> Should you have classes with the same name as html tags? ie class body?
>
> How I see it being a problem for a coder, is if you have; body { blah blah
> } and then .body { blah blah } it could get confusing.
>
> You may not need the body class, because you could assume all p tags
> follow the same rules within body-content
>
> So you could have a rule in the css saying .body-content p { blah blah }
> Then you could save having to add the extra class='body' to each p tag
> within that section.
> The same would go with images, if they are all going to behave the same
> way within the body-content section.
>
> Zeldman calls this 'classitis', he makes the point that you should let CSS
> do the work without having all the extra classes.
>
> Cool sketch idea for the images, I like that effect. Did you scan them in?
>
>
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> On a website I've recently developed (www.cabotconsultants.com.au) I opted
> for this...
>
> p.body {
> font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
> font-size: x-small;
> color: #036;
> margin-left: 18px;
> margin-right: 18px;
> line-height: 2;
> }
>
> I found it's clean and clear. Just wondering... What is the difference of
> using the percentage font-size as opposed to the preset "medium, small,
> x-small, etc" sizes? Are these 'preset' sizes still relative to the body
> user defined font size?
>
>
> Cheers
> Darian
>
>
>> On Tuesday 23 March 2004 15:55, Lorenzo Gabba | Quirk wrote:
>>> I tend to agree - I'm a fan of the
>>>
>>> p, .etc
>>> {
>>> font-size: 0.75em;
>>> line-height 1.5;
>>> }
>>>
>>
>> I forgot to mention that it's probably a good idea (from a usability
>> POV) to
>> declare:
>>
>> body {font-size: 100%;} /* user defined default size */
>>
>> ... and relate the rest from there.
>>
>> - Lorenzo
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