01-23-2011, 07:20 AM | #1 |
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Does anyone have any tips for the best way to do poetry?
I want to create some Wordsworth and Browning collections for the library here, and I just want to get the structure of the XHTML right before starting. CSS tips would be great as well. |
01-23-2011, 08:49 AM | #2 |
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Wrap each stanza in a <div>, and each line in a <div> or <p>. Do not use <br/> to break lines, because it gives you less control on what happens when a line has to break because it's longer that the screen/page width. Then assign a CSS similar to:
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div.stanza { margin: 0.5em 0 0 2em; /* some vertical separation and left margin for stanzas */ } div.stanza p { text-align: left; /* you don't want poetry justified */ text-indent: -3em; margin-left: 3em; /* this two values make wrapped lines indented */ } |
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01-23-2011, 02:56 PM | #3 |
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Thank you that's exactly what I wanted.
And thanks also for your many uploads. I just finished one of them. |
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