> > > is the line break shown in doctypes [...] necessary? > > No. > I'm curious, too. Why is it there if not needed? Why is there ever a line break in an HTML document? To make the document more readable and to keep lines under 80 characters for sane word wrapping. -- David Dorward http://david.us-lot.org/ Redesign in progress: http://stone.thecoreworlds.net/ Microsoft announces IE is dead (so upgrade): http://minutillo.com/steve/weblog/2003/5/30/microsoft-announces-ie-is-dead