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Have you ever seen a BQ inside a P? I don't think that usage is even valid. BQ inside a DIV |
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06-08-2013, 06:31 PM | #18 | |
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06-08-2013, 06:34 PM | #19 |
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What I want to know is why use a simulated blockquote when a real blockquote will do? This just smacks of laziness.
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06-08-2013, 10:29 PM | #20 | |
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.italic {font-style:italic} <span class="italic">yadda yadda yadda</span> instead of em {font-style:italic} <em>yadda yadda yadda</em> Although I wouldn't call it laziness as much as "industrious bloat lovers that might not fully understand the code"... Last edited by Turtle91; 06-08-2013 at 10:33 PM. |
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Maybe I misunderstood, but I thought that <i> and <b> were being deprecated, and that we were encouraged to use <em> and <strong> (I usually style these in the CSS as italic and bold, respectively). I would rather use the concise <i> and <b>, but not if it means they will fail some years down the road. Although, I guess they could be styled in the CSS as well:
i {font-style: italic} I also don't quite get the usage of blockquote. What is the advantage of blockquote over a div? Other than getting "default" blockquote styling. Wouldn't it be just as easy to style a div for what is required? I'm sure I am overlooking the obvious here. Last edited by GrannyGrump; 06-10-2013 at 12:54 AM. |
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My blockquotes (or blocks) are Courier. I find that while this works fine in *.mobi format, when I use Sigil to build an epub, special characters like bullets and en dashes don't display correctly; I must change them to asterisks and hyphens. Why would that be? |
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<p> -> <div class="paragraph"> <blockquote> -> <div class="blockquote"> <h3> -> <div class="header3"> <i> -> <div class="italic"> (with display:inline) <table> -> <div class="table"> (with display:table) etc. But, as JSWolf says, using the right element makes it more readable, and better behaved when CSS is not properly supported / available |
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I've never had anything that require the "cite" function. And always styled a div for poetry, quoted print items, quoted letters, quoted signs/cards, etc.
So do I understand correctly that it would be preferable to use various blockquote stylings to set up these pieces of text? |
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IMO, for quoted letters and print items definitely. For signs/cards and poetry I still use <div>s, because their layout is more visual than semantical.
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