Sent by Joel Goldstick (Software Consulting) on 19 May 2003 02:02
> Hello,
>
> I am working on a streamlining/reworking of a project. Currently the
> site has no doctype. Adding the basic HTML 4 one has no effect:
>
> <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN">
>
> Except when validated to show all the horrible errors :)
>
> If I throw in the full doctype:
>
> <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"
> "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd">
>
Here are two good sources for doctype info:
http://www.alistapart.com/issues/142/index.html
is a good article. Eric Meyer wrote a bonus chapter here:
http://www.ericmeyeroncss.com/bonus/render-mode.html from his latest book.
transitional allows depricated attributes. Strict does not. If you don't
include the url for the dtd I believe that quirks mode is used. If you
include it, strict mode is used.
Though % and em are similar in some ways, I think they inherit differently.
That could be the reason fonts keep shrinking. However, better to read the
spec. I'm more a student than a teacher about font sizing
Joel Goldstick
Columbuswebmakers.com
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