Sep
27
2009
ilz
Recently released was a book by Dan Cederholm called Web Standards Solutions, The Markup and Style Handbook. This is the follow-up to an earlier version of the book. This brings up two questions.
1. Do you need this book if you have neither version?
2. If you do have the first version is it worth purchasing the new version?
Keep reading to find out.
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no comments | tags: CSS, Semantic, Web Design, Web Standards, Web Standards Solutions, XHTML | posted in Book Review, CSS, Web Design
Sep
14
2009
ilz
Here’s a problem I came across for the first time the other day. If you code CSS / XHTML, you most likely are familiar with the Superscript <sup></sup> and Subscript <sub></sub> tags. While coding a site I used the Superscript tag, but I noticed a problem when viewing the page in browsers. The problem was that by pushing the text above the line (Superscript), the spacing in between the lines (line-height) was uneven; the Superscript characters were pushing the line of text it was in further away from the line above it.
Example:
Here is an example of how browsers push the lines of text apart when you use a SuperscriptTM in your XHTML. Notice how the lines of text have different spacing between them. Keep reading to find out the solution to this problem.
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no comments | tags: CSS, Web Design, XHTML | posted in CSS, Tutorials
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