XP Mail Archive: RE: XP> Suggested rationale for the present

RE: XP> Suggested rationale for the presentation module

From: BIGELOW,JIM (HP-Boise,ex1) (jim.bigelow@hp.com)
Date: Tue Jan 07 2003 - 14:20:48 EST

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    Don Wright wrote on Tue Jan 07 2003 - 09:10:30 EST
    > Should we say anything about the Presentation Module allowing
    > a simple client that doesn't support CSS to create simple
    > font variants like bold, italic, etc.?
    >

    How about amending the text to be as follows?

    "The Presentation module, section 5.4.1 of [XHTMLMOD] is supported since it
    contains elements that are both structural and presentational, provides
    the only method for specifying rules (the hr element), and allows very
    simple
    printers that might not support CSS to means for identifying font variants
    such as bold and italic. This module contains the structural mark up
    commands
    for superscripts and subscripts that allow simple printers to identify and
    format
    these construct without CSS properties. Additionally, this module provides
    common
    presentational markup commands such as bold, italic, big text, small text,
    and
    teletype. Supporting this module allows a printer to render these common
    elements
    in a manner that appropriate for its capabilities."

    Jim Bigelow,
    Editor: XHTML-Print & CSS Print Profile
    IEEE, Printer Working Group
    http://www.pwg.org/xhtml-print
    Hewlett-Packard
    208-396-2068
    jim.bigelow@hp.com



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