- From: Dave J Woolley <DJW@bts.co.uk>
- Date: Tue, 2 May 2000 11:44:18 +0100
- To: "'www-html@w3.org'" <www-html@w3.org>
> From: Robert Knight [SMTP:rwknight@freenetname.co.uk] > > The <font> tag is depreciated in HTML 4.0, however it can be very useful > in one-off situations in a page. Also style sheets can be > [DJW:] It's actually deleted in HTML 4.0 Strict. I.e. you are a couple of years too late. For one off situations, use style attributes. > very annoying to work with as the <font> tag has better cross-browser > capability's > [DJW:] For version 3 browser support, author to HTML 3.2, not HTML 4 or XHTML. Note that most uses of FONT seriously compromise cross-browser compatibility, e.g. the common mis-use of FONT to simulate Hn. > I ask for W3C to include the <font> tag in HTML 5.0. > Anybody else think differently / agree with me? > [DJW:] "HTML 5" is XHTML 1.0
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