[css-d] Unexpected font display with universal selector

2005-06-07 Thread Mirgy-CSS-discuss
Friends, I note that where there is a font-family defined for the universal selector, that font (and that font size) are used in ANY element, regardless of class, where there is also a bit of HTML. That is, where the universal selector all by itself ("*") is defined with a certain font-fam

[css-d] Unexpected font display with universal selector

2005-06-07 Thread Mirgy-CSS-discuss
Dear Uwe, On Tue, June 7, 2005 2:11 pm, Uwe Kaiser was kind enough not to guffaw when gently pointing out that: > I've put an example at http://www.allhear.com/Universal-selectors-font.html You couldn't find anything, because there is nothing to find. * {font-family: abc} is equal to em, a,

[css-d] Printing problems with DL/DT/DD for numbered paragraphs...

2005-06-26 Thread Mirgy-CSS-discuss
Friends, I maintain a site that has a substantial number of documents which have numbered paragraphs. I am moving the site from a table oriented to a simpler structure using DL/DT/DD, and it appears to display well in the browsers that I have access to (IE 6.0.2 Win XP and FF 1.0.4, same OS)

Re: [css-d] Printing problems with DL/DT/DD for numbered paragraphs...

2005-06-26 Thread Mirgy-CSS-discuss
Try again with the HTML (spaces added to prevent display in web aware email)... At 06:49 PM 6/26/2005, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The HTML (greatly simplified) would be: < html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml";> < body> < dl class="NumberedText"> < dt>1. < dd>This is paragraph number

[css-d] [Printing problems with DL/DT/DD for numbered paragraphs] rides again...

2005-06-28 Thread Mirgy-CSS-discuss
Friends, This is a continuation of the "page looks fine but printing is screwed up" thread... In response to the suggestion from Peter Williams I removed the xml line from the top of the file. I appreciate the suggestion and the education, but it has made no difference in the outcome. The

RE: [css-d] [Printing problems with DL/DT/DD for numbered paragr aphs] rides again...

2005-06-28 Thread Mirgy-CSS-discuss
Ron, At 01:33 PM 6/28/2005, you wrote: > [...] the overall goal, [...] is having numbered text paragraphs. [...] I don't see the logic or reason behind the use of a definition list for numbered paragraphs The number is hardly a term and the paragraph doesn't describe it. No doubt, and ye

RE: [css-d] [Printing problems with DL/DT/DD for numbered paragr aphs] rides again..

2005-07-01 Thread Mirgy-CSS-discuss
Friends, I'm beginning to believe that there may be a number of problems hidden in our pages with regard to printing, and that people (us) are not testing for these problems. Consider, for example, "Suckerfish Shoals" (http://www.htmldog.com/articles/suckerfish/shoal/)-- recommended on this

Re: [css-d] can css help?

2005-07-02 Thread Mirgy-CSS-discuss
Jeremy, At 08:03 AM 7/1/2005, jeremy wrote: Looking for a better way to handle this with CSS and Xhtml. http://tct2005.com/faculty.htm I have to replace all of the names on these 3 pages with new ones from a word document. [...] is it just a bitch of a task? or is there an easier way around

Re: [css-d] Font degradation and flicker

2005-07-08 Thread Mirgy-CSS-discuss
Friends, At 10:39 PM 7/3/2005, Robert Neville wrote: My layout is experiencing typical IE bugs (Complicated version http://neville.f2o.org/nifty_Sample.html) [...] In addition to the problems mentioned in Robert's post, in my version of FF, this page does not print properly, as I have me

RE: [css-d] Printing problems with DL/DT/DD for numbered paragraphs...

2005-07-10 Thread Mirgy-CSS-discuss
Friends, _Regarding the problem (solved! I hope...) Well, I thought I would be symmetric and finish out the thread represented by the subject. This list runs on the extraordinary generosity of the experts hereon offering their time and knowledge to others; even so, I was not succ

Re: [css-d] Footnotes

2005-07-10 Thread Mirgy-CSS-discuss
Stephen, At 10:30 AM 7/8/2005, Stephen R Laniel wrote: I'd like to create CSS2 footnotes that a) are easy for web developers to code, b) are auto-numbered, and c) only display a number surrounded by brackets most of the time, and d) only display the footnote when you hover over the number.

Re: [css-d] Print CSS Expandable Menu buggy

2005-07-11 Thread Mirgy-CSS-discuss
Melissa, At 06:25 AM 7/11/2005, Craddock, Melissa wrote: I am using a expanding menu based on http://www.gazingus.org/html/menuExpandable.html The menu uses for the items. There is a very small amount of javascript. I would like to have the menu print expanded even though it is collapsed o