- From: Ben Combee <combee@sso-austin.sps.mot.com>
- Date: Wed, 16 Apr 97 08:35:08 CDT
- To: "Scott E. Preece" <preece@predator.urbana.mcd.mot.com>
- Cc: www-style@w3.org
Scott E. Preece writes: > > Can someone comment on the history/rationale that led to FONT having > such a limited content model? Why can't it be wrapped around > essentially anything? Scott, basically, <FONT> is a special case of <SPAN> with implied style. <SPAN> designates a stream of characters, and since SGML doesn't allow elements that overlap (no <A><B></A></B>), if <SPAN> were to include everything, then serious problems would arise. Think about this -- if eny element were allowed in <FONT>, then you could write <P>This is <FONT><H1>a title</H1> <P>and a new paragraph</P></FONT> inside a paragraph.</P> something undesirable. Any other comments on this? With style sheets, <FONT> really becomes syntatic sugar for <SPAN STYLE="..."> -- Ben Combee, Software Guru, (in 'ARMs way, perhaps???) Motorola > MIMS > MSPG > AMG > AMCD > Austin Design Center E-mail: ra3781@email.mot.com Phone: (512) 891-7141
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