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Originally Posted by Turtle91
A 'normal paragraph' is what makes up 98.7% of a chapter. Why have <p class="normal-paragraph"> when it is easier just to have that as a naked tag <p>?? When cleaning up a book's code, that is what I consider 'low hanging fruit', easy to fix, and makes a big improvement in readability.
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The problem with this is that for any class you assign to a
p element, you need to explicitly override every property that you set for the default. For example, since most people like some sort of indent on the general paragraphs, that means you have to remember to override that with an explicit
text-indent: 0;. This can be easy to not notice if the "special" paragraph is centered.
My take is that "bare" elements should have all properties set to the default value as defined by the CSS standard. In other words, a normal "CSS reset".
I have seen EPUBs styled with a "bare"
div being set as essentially a block quote:
Code:
div {
margin-left: 2em;
margin-right: 2em;
margin-top: 1em;
margin-bottom: 1em;
font-size: 0.9em;
}
This is not a good default for something that is just supposed to be a container that can be styled. Nesting quickly results in an unreadable font size.