- From: David Seibert <dseibert@sqwest.bc.ca>
- Date: Wed, 3 Jul 1996 09:26:46 -0700 (PDT)
- To: Bert.Bos@sophia.inria.fr (Bert Bos)
- Cc: f92-cbe@nada.kth.se, www-style@w3.org
> Bert Bos wrote: > > Here are two alternative ways of expressing the layout of the same > poem. This time using the STYLE attribute only, to keep the > information local. Which is preferred depends on one's taste: > > <p>in Just-<br> > spring<br style="display:inline;width:7em">when the world is mud-<br> > luscious the little<br> > lame baloonman > > or: > > <p>in Just-<br> > spring<span style="word-spacing:7em"> </span>when the world is mud-<br> > luscious the little<br> > lame baloonman > These aren't quite the same, are they? Setting "word-spacing:7em" adds 7em to the default word-spacing, while setting "width:7em" for the <br> should produce a space with a width of 7em, which is shorter unless the default word-spacing is 0, right? Am I interpreting the meaning of <br> correctly? David
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