On 10/15/06, Designer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Chris Williams wrote:> I have this problem, and I use " <space>" and not " ". > I find that works, and I haven't seen the space at the beginning > problem. It seems that UA's can handle the at the end of the > line OK. I do this replacement with a simple regex in my PHP code. > > HTH, > Chris > > PS -- it is very correct, it is NOT something for old English teachers. > The Chicago manual, the latest Strunk and White editions, and many > others, still use it. Just because a random entry in Wikipedia and the > AP don't do it, doesn't mean it's not right... And browsers don't do it > because it's easier to collapse all spaces, not because it's right. > ______________________________________________________________________ > > declare: i {padding-right : 1em; } then use <i>.</i> in the text. Not brilliant, certainly not semantic, but it seems to work. I wanted to avoid a long 'span' and use a simple (short) tag. I doubt that anyone can spot an italicised period. . :-) ! Anyone any good (better) suggestions?
Actually I think using & nbsp; is a lot better since that's the only solution that goes to print. -- -- Christian Montoya christianmontoya.com ... portfolio.christianmontoya.com ******************************************************************* List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm Help: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *******************************************************************
