- From: Todd Fahrner <fahrner@pobox.com>
- Date: Thu, 10 Apr 1997 09:50:44 -0800
- To: Chris Josephes <cpj1@visi.com>, David Siegel <dave@verso.com>
- Cc: www-style@w3.org
At 9:02 AM -0500 4/10/97, Chris Josephes wrote: > While it probably isn't going to be more efficient than a DIV tage, why > not try this.... > > <p class=firstpar>This is the first paragraph > </p> > > <p>This is the second paragraph > </p> > > And then throw in the necessary styles to differentiate the two. I think that's the problem - you can't apply a style sheet to existing (orthodox) HTML to produce this commonly-desired rendering. You have to resort to markup. A lot hinges on this - very few people use the H1 element, for instance, because in order to differentiate six levels of heirarchy beneath it when even simple paragraphs are separated with a whole blank line, you have to make H1 frighteningly huge. It gets worse from there. What we need is a P:initial pseudoclass. ----- Has anybody else determined what IE4's em value is derived from? I notice that it does not depend on the actual font in use, or is at least not recalculated when the base font size changes. I think it should be. Others? ________________________________________ Todd Fahrner fahrner@pobox.com The printed page transcends space and time. The printed page, the infinitude of books, must be transcended. THE ELECTRO-LIBRARY. --El Lissitzky, 1923
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