- From: Todd Fahrner <fahrner@pobox.com>
- Date: Thu, 31 Jul 1997 15:03:19 -0700
- To: Josh Paluch <joshp@cnet.com>, www-style@w3.org
At 2:33 PM -0700 7/31/97, Josh Paluch wrote: >I notice that in IE4 stylesheets don't trump <font> and <basefont>... is >this by design? (at least on windows) > >Of coarse, Netscape4 does just the oppisite (ie, if the same element is >defined by both CSS and <font>, then CSS wins, even if <font> is closer >to the element), which actually makes more sense to me. I mean, if CSS >would trump <font> then I could include both on a page knowing that if >the user had a CSS browser they will get what I want them to get, but I >can still use <font> for a little while to ensure that my design isn't >compromised. > >does anyone have any suggestions how to get around the fact that IE4 >does this? This has been discussed. I think the conclusion was that this is clearly nonstandard in IE, and that it really should be fixed before release. Is that right? ________________________________________ Todd Fahrner mailto:fahrner@pobox.com http://www.verso.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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