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Posted by Beauregard T. Shagnasty on 06/18/06 16:29
In alt.html, Peter Olcott wrote:
I don't know where you are reading this, so I left the massive
cross-posting intact.
> What is a method or set of methods that can determine all of the font
> characteristics of any web page?
Use CSS. Do you know what this is at this point?
> By font characteristics I mean typeface name, point size, foreground
> color, background color, bold, underline, et cetera.
Forget about 'point size'. Points are for printing. Use percentages for
font sizing (discussed almost daily in these groups). Don't use pixels,
either, for the oft-stated reasons.
body {
background-color: #f5f5f5;
font-family: sans-serif;
font-size: 100%;
color: #000000;
}
For bold text:
This is <strong>bold text</strong> in most browsers. This is
<u>underlined</u> in most browsers, though you shouldn't use it because
people will think it is a link. <em>Emphasized text</em> may be a better
choice.
> I am a visual C++ programmer, and will be learning .NET very soon, so
> if there is a simplified way using either of these tools, I would
> prefer this simpler way.
It is a very simple task to add a link in the <head> of the document to
a style sheet that will work for the entire web site.
--
-bts
-Warning: I brake for lawn deer
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