[thelist] CSS and deprecated <font> used within sentence

[sfmalo]

Thanks, Morbus, and to the others who answered and gave examples. So fast
and so helpful...and has helped my understanding of CSS a lot . And, your
comment re using <span> vs. <div> in this situation. (<8

Sharon

----- Original Message -----
From: "Morbus Iff" <morbus at disobey.com>
To: <thelist at lists.evolt.org>
Sent: Wednesday, July 25, 2001 10:49 AM
Subject: Re: [thelist] CSS and deprecated <font> used within sentence


> ><.b><.strong><.font size="3" color="#0000A0">X<./font><.font size="2"
>  >color="#800000"><.em><.i>w<./i><./em><./font><.font
>  >            size="3" color="#0000A0">SCAN<./font><./strong><./b>
>
> You could do (not tested):
>
>    .first_letter { ... }
>    .second_letter { ... }
>    .rest_of_the_word { ... }
>
>    <.strong><.span class="first_letter>X<./span>
>
> And so on. Make sure to use <.span> as opposed to <.div> - <.div> add's
> weight to its content in some browsers...
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