Quote:
Originally Posted by theducks
You steal it from books you like.
Almost every device/browser has defaults if you do not use your own (CSS is the clean way) to Style.
Code:
<body>
<h3>Chapter 3</h3>
<p>The Moon shown brightly over the hills.</p>
<\body>
is perfectly valid (and Jon, being a minimalist, would mostly approve  ) using whatever the device wanted.
Think of Styles as overriding the defaults. Since no one can agree what thos should be, it really is better if you use YOUR exact preference. |
Yes, being a minimalist is a good thing. It means a lot less code bloat an the code being as minimal as possible means less chance of any program/device having a problem with it.
There are some defaults to use. Use the default font, font size (for the main body font) and use the default line height. Some programs/devices allow you to set your own and may not work well if you have them set in CSS.
Oh and as for the code above, I would use <h2> instead as I like the <h2> default side for a chapter title.
For that code snippet, this is the CSS I would use.
CSS
Code:
body {
widows: 1;
orphans: 1;
margin-top: 0;
margin-right: 0;
margin-bottom: 0;
margin-left: 0;
text-align: justify;
}
h2 {
text-align: center;
font-weight: bold;
}
.noindent {
text-indent: 0;
}
p {
margin-top: 0;
margin-bottom: 0;
text-indent: 1.2em;
}
HTML
Code:
<body>
<h2>Chapter 3</h2>
<p class="noindent">The Moon shown brightly over the hills.</p>
<\body>