Re: [css-d] Superscript issues

2009-02-19 Thread Bill Brown
Gene Falck wrote: > You wrote: >> Why do you use a span with a class when you already >> have the html tags for them? Can't you just tell the >> and tags to look the way you wish with >> css instead of making new classes? They are already >> there, and they seem more semantic (maybe not, kinda >>

Re: [css-d] Superscript issues

2009-02-19 Thread Gene Falck
HI Joseph, You wrote: > Why do you use a span with a class when you already > have the html tags for them? Can't you just tell the > and tags to look the way you wish with > css instead of making new classes? They are already > there, and they seem more semantic (maybe not, kinda > like and ,

Re: [css-d] Superscript issues

2009-02-18 Thread Joseph Sims
> I use a span with class="sb" or class="sp" and > style the classes with my choice of font size > and with positioning to bump the items down and > up as needed. I also style the line height of > the block element involved with enough room for > the repositioned items; I then have enough room > f

Re: [css-d] Superscript issues

2009-02-18 Thread Gene Falck
Hi Ron, You wrote: > ... but my question here is what to do about > superscripts -- does the fact that people can > set a minimum font size mean that we might as > well throw superscripts out the window (at > least, if we don't want them to end up making > a mess of our typography)? ... IMO, not

Re: [css-d] Superscript issues

2009-02-18 Thread Gunlaug Sørtun
Ron Koster wrote: > Just to change the subject... Ok, but we're still in the same thread :-) > - footnotes; - for numbers like "1st", "2nd", "3rd" (where the latter > half, er, two-thirds is superscripted); - certain words like "Ye", > "Dr", etc. > > If I put those parts in superscript -- and

[css-d] Superscript issues

2009-02-18 Thread Ron Koster
Just to change the subject... At 05:12 PM 2/18/2009 +0100, Gunlaug Sørtun wrote: >Check out what happens when those sizes meet 'minimum font size' and >other "barriers" across browser-land. >So, no, sorry, "proportional" is not guaranteed, no matter the method. This is, in fact, *exactly* another