- From: Ron Newman <rnewman@cybercom.net>
- Date: Mon, 20 May 1996 12:52:59 -0500
- To: Benjamin Franz <snowhare@netimages.com>
- Cc: Warren Steel <mudws@mail.olemiss.edu>, www-html@w3.org
On 5/20/96 at 9:49 AM , Benjamin Franz wrote:
>> >Any idea why FONT is neither a font element nor a phrase element,
>> >but instead grouped with "special" ?
>
>Probably because it is actaully used as pure presentation with no regard
>for logical levels at all. I have seen many docs with a FONT tag wrapped
>around the entire BODY content.
Remember that my question is about the HTML 3.2 *DTD*.
That DTD already prohibits using FONT in this manner:
<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//EN">
<HEAD>
<TITLE><!-- your title here --></TITLE>
</HEAD>
<BODY>
<font size="+1">
<p>paragraph 1</p>
<p>paragraph 2</p>
</font>
</BODY>
sgmls: SGML error at -, line 8 at ">":
FONT end-tag implied by P start-tag; not minimizable
sgmls: SGML error at -, line 10 at ">":
FONT end-tag ignored: doesn't end any open element (current is BODY)
Given this, I don't understand why "FONT" isn't classed
as a font element in the HTML 3.2 DTD.
--
Ron Newman rnewman@cybercom.net
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