Re: fwd:Fonts

Joe English once wrote...
> 
> hopmann@holonet.net (Alex Hopmann) wrote:
> > 
> > Is that correct? What are the relative merrits of calling it <C> (character)
> > vs. <TEXT>?
> 
> The name "FONT" should also be considered, since that's already
> deployed as an experimental Netscape extension.  (There it's
> only used to specify the font size, but other presentation-only
> attributes could be added as well).  Personally, I prefer "TEXT"
> over "FONT" or "C".
> 
> I agree that there is a need for such a tag.  Although in *most* 
> cases one of the semantic elements like <EM>, <STRONG>, or <DFN> is
> more appropriate, there are plenty of Web pages which apply formatting
> for the sake of formatting, and there is currently no general-purpose
> semantics-free phrase-level element which can be used for this purpose.

What's wrong with just a generic <ELEMENT> tag?  <ELEMENT class=product>  
or <ELEMENT class=price> or <ELEMENT class=credential>.  It would have no
special significance except for the class given it.  It would be ignored
unless it has a class assigned.

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Received on Thursday, 6 July 1995 16:51:51 UTC