RE: [CSS3 lists] - glyph suggestion

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ben Ward [mailto:benmward@gmail.com] 
> Sent: 23 May 2005 15:39
> 
> Your reference [0] states "To obtain other glyphs, authors 
> should use the 'content' property of the ::marker 
> pseudo-element". This is the preferred way of having your own 
> customised glyphs for bullet markers, and is obviously 
> completely flexible for authors to use whatever character they wish.
> 
> The named glyphs are a convenience and obviously easier to 
> learn than adding character codes, but they're somewhat rigid 
> and ::marker {
> content: 'blah'; } overcomes this.
> 
> In the case of your request, you'd want a style looking like this:
> 
> li::marker
> {
>   content: '\2717'
> }

Yeah, I see that this is possible, and also perceive the named glyphs as a
convenience. It seems to me that, with "check" as a named glyph, "cross" (or
something to that effect) would be a logical and useful companion - whether
it's useful enough to include I leave to the list...

Cheers,
Dave.

> 
> Ben
> 
> On 5/23/05, David Balch 
> <david.balch@continuing-education.oxford.ac.uk> wrote:
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > I've searched the list archive for this and couldn't find anything, 
> > but apologies if it has already been dealt with...
> >
> > The CSS3 lists module includes a <glyph> value for the 
> 'list-style-type'
> > property [0].
> >
> > <glyph> defines 7 glyph styles, including "check". It 
> strikes me that 
> > another "cross" glyph would be a natural companion to 
> check, e.g. both 
> > might be used in lists discussing the pros and cons of something.
> >
> > If I've understood the Unicode properly [1], Unicode hex 
> 2717 (BALLOT 
> > X) might be a suitable example character.
> >
> > [0] http://www.w3.org/TR/2002/WD-css3-lists-20021107/#ltglyphgt
> > [1] 
> http://www.unicode.org/Public/MAPPINGS/VENDORS/ADOBE/zdingbat.txt
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Dave.
> >
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