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> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Neerav
> Sent: 14 November 2004 05:22
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> Subject: Re: [WSG] Another body tag question ...
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> direction:ltr = direction of text is left -> right as opposed
> to some langauges which are right to left
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>
G'day
> body{font:84%/1.2em arial,sans-serif;direction:ltr}
> What's the point of setting the body font at 84% of 1.2em?
> (which is what I assume is what's happening).
Your assumption is incorrect. The 1.2em refers to line height.
See http://www.w3.org/TR/CSS21/fonts.html#font-shorthand
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On Sun, 14 Nov 2004 17:08:09 +1100, Michael Kear wrote:
> I need to put on my ever-growing list of things to
> learn about 'Learn about CSS shorthand instead of using the stylesweeper in
> topstyle to do it for you!'
Michael,
http://www.w3schools.com/css/css_reference.asp
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
Behalf Of Chris Stratford
Sent: Sunday, 14 November 2004 4:33 PM
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Subject: Re: [WSG] Another body tag question ...
Hey Michael,
The 84% is the Font-size.
And the 1
Hey Michael,
The 84% is the Font-size.
And the 1.2m is the Line-height.
Michael Kear wrote:
Another body style question following from Felix's rant ...
I looked at what Yahoo do in their style, (http://www.yahoo.com) and they
have the following as their body style:
body{font:84%/1.2em arial,sans
direction:ltr = direction of text is left -> right as opposed to some
langauges which are right to left
http://www.w3schools.com/css/pr_text_direction.asp
http://www.topxml.com/css/css_property_direction.asp
Neerav Bhatt
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