Re: [WSG] Justify this

2005-12-15 Thread Kevin Futter
On 15/12/05 4:27 PM, Paul Noone [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Kevin, That's just another limitation of the parameter. Justified text actually comes in several flavours - left, right and both. Actually, that's quite wrong. There is no such thing as left- or right-justified text, only left-

RE: [WSG] Justify this

2005-12-15 Thread Paul Noone
2005 8:51 AM To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org Subject: Re: [WSG] Justify this On 15/12/05 4:27 PM, Paul Noone [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Kevin, That's just another limitation of the parameter. Justified text actually comes in several flavours - left, right and both. Actually, that's quite

[WSG] Justify this

2005-12-14 Thread Paul Noone
Hopefully a quick question, I hoope, as the W3C specs are no help on this one. I want to centre align text and justify it at the same time. I've applied the following mark-up which, surprisingly, does the trick. But can justify be applied as an optional extra parameter, or does this just work

RE: [WSG] Justify this

2005-12-14 Thread Herrod, Lisa
what are you applying it to? a heading or a paragraph of text? -Original Message- From: Paul Noone To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org Sent: 15/12/05 14:18 Subject: [WSG] Justify this Hopefully a quick question, I hoope, as the W3C specs are no help on this one. I want to centre align text

RE: [WSG] Justify this

2005-12-14 Thread Paul Noone
] Justify this what are you applying it to? a heading or a paragraph of text? -Original Message- From: Paul Noone To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org Sent: 15/12/05 14:18 Subject: [WSG] Justify this Hopefully a quick question, I hoope, as the W3C specs are no help on this one. I want to centre

Re: [WSG] Justify this

2005-12-14 Thread Lachlan Hunt
Paul Noone wrote: Hopefully a quick question, I hoope, as the W3C specs are no help on this one. No, they are usually always helpful but you need to know what you're looking for. I want to centre align text and justify it at the same time. I've applied the following mark-up which,

RE: [WSG] Justify this

2005-12-14 Thread Paul Noone
] On Behalf Of Lachlan Hunt Sent: Thursday, 15 December 2005 2:35 PM To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org Subject: Re: [WSG] Justify this Paul Noone wrote: Hopefully a quick question, I hoope, as the W3C specs are no help on this one. No, they are usually always helpful but you need to know what you're

RE: [WSG] Justify this

2005-12-14 Thread Herrod, Lisa
Justified text really isn't a good idea in terms of usability/readability. Maybe there was a conscious effort not to support it :) -Original Message- From: Paul Noone To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org Sent: 15/12/05 14:49 Subject: RE: [WSG] Justify this Hi Lachlan, Thanks

RE: [WSG] Justify this

2005-12-14 Thread Paul Noone
, Lisa Sent: Thursday, 15 December 2005 2:59 PM To: 'wsg@webstandardsgroup.org ' Subject: RE: [WSG] Justify this Justified text really isn't a good idea in terms of usability/readability. Maybe there was a conscious effort not to support it :) -Original Message- From: Paul Noone

Re: [WSG] Justify this

2005-12-14 Thread Joshua Street
in terms of usability/readability. Maybe there was a conscious effort not to support it :) -Original Message- From: Paul Noone To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org Sent: 15/12/05 14:49 Subject: RE: [WSG] Justify this Hi Lachlan, Thanks for that but I was actually wanting to center align

RE: [WSG] Justify this

2005-12-14 Thread Herrod, Lisa
:00 Subject: RE: [WSG] Justify this Everyone's a comedian today. :P T'was purely an aesthetic venture for a client and one which I'll now gladly leave behind. They're getting pre tags and they're just going to have to live with it. :) -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto

RE: [WSG] Justify this

2005-12-14 Thread Herrod, Lisa
/cognitive.cfm More (where roger is referenced) http://www.rnib.org.uk/xpedio/groups/public/documents/publicwebsite/public_t extjustify.hcsp lisa -Original Message- From: Joshua Street To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org Sent: 15/12/05 15:07 Subject: Re: [WSG] Justify this Really? Why not? I

RE: [WSG] Justify this

2005-12-14 Thread Paul Noone
: 15/12/05 15:00 Subject: RE: [WSG] Justify this Everyone's a comedian today. :P T'was purely an aesthetic venture for a client and one which I'll now gladly leave behind. They're getting pre tags and they're just going to have to live with it. :) -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: [WSG] Justify this

2005-12-14 Thread Richard Czeiger
/div R :o) - Original Message - From: Herrod, Lisa [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: 'Joshua Street ' [EMAIL PROTECTED]; wsg@webstandardsgroup.org Sent: Thursday, December 15, 2005 3:16 PM Subject: RE: [WSG] Justify this We're talking about paragraphs of text here. It's harder to read, presents

RE: [WSG] Justify this

2005-12-14 Thread Felicity Farr
Of Herrod, Lisa Sent: Thursday, 15 December 2005 3:17 PM To: 'Joshua Street '; 'wsg@webstandardsgroup.org ' Subject: RE: [WSG] Justify this We're talking about paragraphs of text here. It's harder to read, presents 'rivers of white' running through the text as lines stretch and contract to fit the line

Re: [WSG] Justify this

2005-12-14 Thread Kevin Futter
On 15/12/05 2:49 PM, Paul Noone [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Lachlan, Thanks for that but I was actually wanting to center align justified text for a particular purpose. Evidently my experiment is invalid. Thanks anyway. Justified text runs full-width and aligns to both left and right

Re: [WSG] Justify this

2005-12-14 Thread Al Sparber
From: Paul Noone [EMAIL PROTECTED] Well, I've been interested in the whole justified text issue for a while and think Joshua raises an interesting point. I don't generally use it to style paragraphs because I personally don't like its appearance but I wasn't aware there were accessibility

Re: [WSG] Justify this

2005-12-14 Thread Lachlan Hunt
Paul Noone wrote: Lachlan Hunt wrote: Paul Noone wrote: I want to centre align text and justify it at the same time. I've applied the following mark-up which, surprisingly, does the trick. text-align:center justify; p { width: 50%; margin: 0 auto; text-align: justify; } Thanks for that

RE: [WSG] Justify this

2005-12-14 Thread Paul Noone
Webmaster, ASHM [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Kevin Futter Sent: Thursday, 15 December 2005 3:48 PM To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org Subject: Re: [WSG] Justify this On 15/12/05 2:49 PM, Paul Noone [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi

RE: [WSG] Justify this

2005-12-14 Thread Paul Noone
@webstandardsgroup.org Subject: Re: [WSG] Justify this Paul Noone wrote: Lachlan Hunt wrote: Paul Noone wrote: I want to centre align text and justify it at the same time. I've applied the following mark-up which, surprisingly, does the trick. text-align:center justify; p { width: 50%; margin: 0 auto

Re: [WSG] Justify this

2005-12-14 Thread Donna Jones
Al Sparber wrote: From: Paul Noone [EMAIL PROTECTED] Well, I've been interested in the whole justified text issue for a while and think Joshua raises an interesting point. I don't generally use it to style paragraphs because I personally don't like its appearance but I wasn't aware

Re: [WSG] Justify this

2005-12-14 Thread Philippe Wittenbergh
On 15 Dec 2005, at 2:15 pm, Al Sparber wrote: If you're into justified text, the only browsers that can do a reasonable job are IE5.5x+ Windows, using a proprietary property. The programming is pretty darn good. It's nearly as good as the NY Times, actually. But it ain't standards and