Re: Rules for breaking at inline boundaries?

David Hyatt wrote:
> 
> What happens when I put left/right borders/margins/padding on the 
> spans?  Visually they're going to look distinct now.  Do I still treat 
> them as a single run?
>
>> <span>D</span><span>a</span><span>v</span><span>e</span>

Yes. The word breaking behavior shouldn't change just because
margin > 0.

Suppose "Dave" was the heading of a page. You could create a
ransom-letter effect by putting a border around each letter
and specifying different fonts for each. This doesn't mean
each letter of "Dave" should be treated as an individual word.

~fantasai

Received on Saturday, 1 February 2003 12:35:10 UTC