- From: Paul Topping <ptopping@lightside.com>
- Date: Wed, 14 Dec 1994 08:48:28 -0800
- To: www-html@www0.cern.ch
Dave Raggett writes: >Michael Johnson writes: > >> When HSPACE or VSPACE are specified, are they included in the total >> effective width or height of the figure? For example, if I have a figure >> which is aligned left and has an hspace of one em, does the image align with >> the left margin, or is it padded out by one hspace? Similarly, if a figure >> has a vspace of one em, does it get shoved down by an extra em, or does that >> only affect how close stuff comes to the bottom of the figure? > >The VSPACE attribute specifies the leading preceding and following the figure. >I thing we should use the same conventions as for leading above and below >headers and paragraphs etc. That is, to set the vertical spacing to the >maximum of the leading following the previous element, and the leading >preceding the current one. So how would you drop a figure down so the bottom is some distance from the baseline of the surrounding text? I would like to be able to include images representing inline equations as a stopgap measure until we get our equation editor to read/write HTML math. Paul R. Topping President Design Science, Inc. 4028 Broadway Long Beach, CA 90803 USA internet: ptopping@lightside.com voice: 310-433-0685 fax: 310-433-6969
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