On Sat, 7 Jan 2006 07:27, :murb: [maarten brouwers] wrote: > Hmm.. > > To answer the not answered, but soon probably asked, why?-question: > > Another option is using the <span>-tag using the style attribute. You > > might want to try e.g. <span style="font-size:1.5em;">put text > > here</span> to get text 50% larger than the default font size of that > > paragraph. But don't you think the buttons don't ask already for > > enough attention? > > It's all about the semantics. It's not good use to use <h3> tags for > getting larger font size. It's maybe even worse than using font tags > since font tags can easily be ignored while h3-tags add meaning to the > enclosed text, which in this case is not correct. All tags can be styled > in any possible way, but always -and this important for anyone who > publishes HTML- try to keep the semantics right. Presentation is just a > layer upon semantically correct HTML. Preferably presentation is not > modified at all inside the HTML, but sometimes the default style does > not account for a special situation for which additional styling is > desired, and that's what the inline style attribute is available for. > Tags especially designed for such relatively meaningless styling (though > it might promote structure) are div (for blocks) and span (for inline) > tags. > > Well, that's it for my short, put hopefully informative, html-lesson ;)
Very informative. Thank you for that. (I/m still learning abut the intricacies of CSS and styles). > > g., > > > Maarten > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Alex Fisher Co-Lead, CD-ROM Project OpenOffice.org Marketing Community Contact Australia/New Zealand http://distribution.openoffice.org/cdrom/ --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
