On Fri, Nov 21, 2003 at 07:43:54AM -0800, Peter Jay Salzman wrote: > dear lugod, > > > consider: > > > SPAN.head > { > font-family: Verdana, Helvetica, Arial; > color: white; > font-variant: small-caps; > font-weight: 900; > word-spacing: 5px; > letter-spacing: 2px; > font-size: small; > font-weight: bold; > } > > BODY > { > font-family: Times; > } > > <BODY> > ... > <SPAN class="head">hello world</SPAN> > ... > </BODY> >
I'm assuming the CSS is wrapped in <STYLE></STYLE>? > on my browser (opera 7.22), "hello world" is in times font with > small-caps variant. > > i would've expected verdana font with small-caps variant. So would I. It works as expected in Mozilla. > shouldn't the <SPAN> tag take precedence over <BODY> since <BODY> is an > "outer" tag? Yes. Could you repost with your actual URL, or a /tested/ snippet that shows what you're having problems with? BTW, word-spacing or letter-spacing are probably better specified relative to the font-size: that is, in ems. -Micah _______________________________________________ vox-tech mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech