Posted by Stan McCann on 08/22/06 16:33

Sid <elsid@nospam.com> wrote in
news:eusle258s0t83dk1v1nuvakm0g4noesn13@4ax.com:

> On Tue, 22 Aug 2006 06:31:47 GMT, Old HTML
> Slinger<nothere@nowhere.invalid> wrote:
>
>: On rare occasions I need to show words or letters being crossed
>: out. Since the old <strike> tag is deprecated I've put a statement
>: in my .css file that says:
>:
>: .crossout {
>: text-decoration: line-through;
>: }
>:
>: But the line that it puts through the letters is pretty thin. Is
>: there any way I can add something to the above that will thicken
>: the line? Any other ideas for getting that line thicker, more
>: noticeable?
>
>
> Try
> .crossout {
> text-decoration: line-through; font-weight:bold;
> }
>
>
> Remember, the characters it strikes out will be bold too.

Won't that also make the text bold? That may defeat the purpose.

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