- From: Liam R E Quin <liam@w3.org>
- Date: Wed, 08 Jan 2014 20:15:23 -0500
- To: Scott Kellum <scott@scottkellum.com>
- Cc: Jean Kaplansky <Jean.Kaplansky@aptaracorp.com>, Tony Graham <tgraham@mentea.net>, "public-digipub@w3.org" <public-digipub@w3.org>
On Wed, 2014-01-08 at 17:11 -0500, Scott Kellum wrote: > I am interested in the new grid specs for CSS and would love to see > them work there way into digital publishing as well. [...] > Baseline grids are incredibly important for paginated material, They are, but the CSS grid proposal is closer to the Bauhaus-style modular grid used e.g. in magazines and newspapers. A "snap baselines to multiples of _this_ spacing" option was added to XSL-FO 2 draft as I recall, or discussed, and would certainly be useful in CSS for print. "Show-through" isn't an issue for on-screen viewing, and the smart out-of-your-face effect of cross-column alignment is way more sophisticated typography than is out there right now, unfortunately. Liam -- Liam Quin - XML Activity Lead, W3C, http://www.w3.org/People/Quin/ Pictures from old books: http://fromoldbooks.org/ Ankh: irc.sorcery.net irc.gnome.org freenode/#xml
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