Great Web Typography- P3:When you design a page for print, you control the size of the paper and the placement of the elements. But on the Web, the size, resolution, fonts, and even the layout of your page can vary with the browser and the system used to view your site. | CONTE bullets bullets ouiiets search engine Chapter 3 Working with HTML Text Don t ask why you should use CSS for text control. Try to come up with one reason why not. That s your answer. You have probably already guessed that 1 am a CSS text control fan. If you ve looked at the Table of Contents you can see that 1 include a lot in this book about CSS. So why are you reading an HTML text chapter Because CSS controls HTML text. You must learn about HTML text before you can hope to understand how CSS works to create the effects you desire. Creating HTML Text__ I am guessing that most of you have already created a few Web pages so you probably have some knowledge of how HTML text works. We ll start at the beginning though as it is easy to miss important points as you work through the initial stages ofWeb development. I also stretch this topic a little to include some important text-related subjects. 1 provide a peek into optimizing your pages for search engine placement and take the opportunity to do a little campaigning for keeping Web pages as small as possible. Although WENDY PECK questionable as direct type topics these issues involve text and affect the overall quality of your pages. Through the technique sections of the book 1 refer to file size and search engine friendliness so this chapter sets the stage with an overview of topics to come later in the book. Working with the font Tag This is the one place where I discuss the method and then advise that you never use what you learn here. The text attributes that are controlled with the font tag are better handled with CSS. However you must understand how the font tag works even if you never use it. NOTE The font tag has been depreciated with HTML 4. Although the tag still works in browsers supporting HTML 4 support for the font tag will eventually disappear. It s best to avoid depreciated tags. 41 42 Part I Getting Started with Web Typography Typing straight into an HTML document with
