- From: Kynn Bartlett <kynn-edapta@idyllmtn.com>
- Date: Mon, 11 Feb 2002 09:12:16 -0800
- To: "Steve Carter" <steve@juggler.net>, "wai-ig list" <w3c-wai-ig@w3.org>
At 11:16 AM +0000 2/11/02, Steve Carter wrote: > > Would it be just as wrong > > to use <span> and CSS to set the font? >Given the above, no, because FONT tags are precluded by WAI guidelines, >whereas SPAN tags are permitted. Um...where's it say that? Yes, I know that <font> is deprecated in HTML 4.01, but the idea that <font size="+1"> is somehow worse than <span style="font-size: 24px"> is simply ludicrous. The spirit of the law is much more important than the letter of the law. You can be equally inaccessible if you use <span> and CSS as if you use <font>, regardless of what dogmatic HTML purists may tell you. --Kynn -- Kynn Bartlett <kynn@idyllmtn.com> http://kynn.com Chief Technologist, Idyll Mountain http://idyllmtn.com Web Accessibility Expert-for-hire http://kynn.com/resume Next Book: Teach Yourself CSS in 24 http://cssin24hours.com
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