Posted by Jukka K. Korpela on 02/12/06 23:29

"Greg N." <yodel_dodel@yahoo.com> wrote:

> Jukka K. Korpela wrote:
>
>>> kinder<span style="display:none;"> </span>garten
>> Did you forget that CSS is for optional presentational
>> suggestions?
>
> Well, is there really a problem?

Yes, the markup would indeed create a problem (probably without solving
any problem).

> Whether a screen reader says
> "kinder garten" or "kindergarten" makes probably little or no
> audible difference.

Did you actually try it?

> And if the CSS is not properly rendered by
> some browser, the user will see an extra space which will appear as
> a minor spelling quirk but not affect the meaning of the text.

If it does not matter, why don't you just misspell the word as
"kinder garten" and forget the complexities? Then you, as an author,
would not too easily miss to see the problem you have created.

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