- From: Karl Dubost <karl@w3.org>
- Date: Wed, 2 Jan 2008 13:20:47 +0900
- To: Ben 'Cerbera' Millard <cerbera@projectcerbera.com>
- Cc: HTMLWG List <public-html@w3.org>
Le 29 déc. 2007 à 04:41, Ben 'Cerbera' Millard a écrit :
> Karl's link to the [Wikipedia] entry for "Underline" has some
> interesting purposes, as does [Simon's] recent e-mail.
# Use of Underline
Example from OCLC for styling citation.
http://worldcatlibraries.org/oclc/71752287?page=citation&client=worldcat.org-detailed_record
MLA style for source recommends to underline title of books. And it
was done in the html as:
<ul><li class="citation">Kawauchi, Rinko. <U>Cui cui</U>. Tokyo:
Foil, 2005. </li></ul>
# site advocating against
9. Avoid using underlined text.
Even more distracting than boldface text is underlined
text, which is a typographic abomination that should be
avoided. Back in the days of typewriters, underlining
was the accepted, if not only way to add emphasis.
Unfortunately, this carried over into the design of
operating systems, explaining why we have Underline
commands under our Format menus when we never use the
feature. When typesetting, underlined text is only used
in special situations such as financial or academic
publications. It is also common in the design of web
pages.
-- Rules of Typography: Part V
http://www.fontsite.com/Pages/RulesOfType/ROT0298.html
Tue, 17 Apr 2007 23:38:36 GMT
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