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ibu · 08-12-2013, 05:40 AM

@Jellby
I fully agree with your thoughts about your new example.

If all the ereaders would support to generate content via CSS I would suggest to generate the signifier "chapter" and the number via CSS in your example.

Result:

Code:

<h1>A man called <em>The Oak</em> and his <span lang="fr-FR">fiancée</span</h1>

But of course, they do not support.

My own suggestion for real life ereaders would vary slightly from yours:

Code:

<h1><span class="chapter-prefix><span class="chapter-signifier">Chapter </span><span class="chapter-number>4 </span></span>A man called <em>The Oak</em> and his <span lang="fr-FR">fiancée</span></h1>

I would omit the span around "A man called The Oak and his fiancée".
And I would enclose the spaces behind "chapter-prefix" and "chapter-number" in the span, to beware the option to fade it out completely with CSS, if the layouter wishes that.
And a very sophisticated tiny thing:
May be it's good to declare the language more detailed, because there are several regions, where they speak French.

Thinking about the best markup is plain fun

08-12-2013, 05:40 AM	#70
ibu Addict Posts: 264 Karma: 9246 Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Berlin, Germany Device: Kobo H20, iPhone 6+, Macbook Pro	@Jellby I fully agree with your thoughts about your new example. If all the ereaders would support to generate content via CSS I would suggest to generate the signifier "chapter" and the number via CSS in your example. Result: Code: <h1>A man called <em>The Oak</em> and his <span lang="fr-FR">fiancée</span</h1> But of course, they do not support. My own suggestion for real life ereaders would vary slightly from yours: Code: <h1><span class="chapter-prefix><span class="chapter-signifier">Chapter </span><span class="chapter-number>4 </span></span>A man called <em>The Oak</em> and his <span lang="fr-FR">fiancée</span></h1> I would omit the span around "A man called The Oak and his fiancée". And I would enclose the spaces behind "chapter-prefix" and "chapter-number" in the span, to beware the option to fade it out completely with CSS, if the layouter wishes that. And a very sophisticated tiny thing: May be it's good to declare the language more detailed, because there are several regions, where they speak French. Thinking about the best markup is plain fun Last edited by ibu; 08-12-2013 at 05:43 AM.