On Thu, May 20, 2010 at 8:20 PM, Markus Ernst <derernst@gmx.ch> wrote: > I just happen to notice that this code > > <p style="font-weight:bold;text-decoration:underline"> > <span style="font-size:200%">H</span>ello > <span style="font-size:200%">W</span>orld > </p> > > is rendered differently in Firefox based on the Doctype. Without a Doctype, > the underline changes thickness and position, but with a strict HTML4 > Doctype it lines up and remains 1 pixel thick. > That's a difference between Standards mode and Quirks mode. In Standards mode text decorations are painted on the container element that specified the decoration, per CSS spec. In Quirks mode text decorations are painted on the text itself, for compatibility with old Web sites. Rob -- "He was pierced for our transgressions, he was crushed for our iniquities; the punishment that brought us peace was upon him, and by his wounds we are healed. We all, like sheep, have gone astray, each of us has turned to his own way; and the LORD has laid on him the iniquity of us all." [Isaiah 53:5-6]
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