On Aug 8, 2009, at 10:10 PM, Fiona Hayward wrote:

> Apparently an image will be treated as an inline element and even  
> though I
> had zeroed margins and paddings, browsers will still add extra space  
> to
> images , apparently treating them like text and adding extra space to
> compensate for serifs or whatever.
> Is this the case?

Yes. An image is an inline element and rests on the baseline of the  
parent block level element.
An old but pertinent explanation:
<https://developer.mozilla.org/en/Images,_Tables,_and_Mysterious_Gaps>

Philippe
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Philippe Wittenbergh
http://l-c-n.com/





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