[tei-council] P5 use of rend in examples

Fri Nov 11 05:31:34 EST 2011

agree with the general strategy + align with CSS when applicable.

Le 11 nov. 2011 à 11:27, Sebastian Rahtz a écrit :

> I have put up a crude table at http://tei.oucs.ox.ac.uk/rends.html
> which lists all the distinct pairs of rend value and element name
> in the Guidelines.
> 
> there are some weirdo things here
> 
>  * the first 2 lines
>  * "case(mixed)"
>  * "small caps" (note space)
>  * "small type flush left"
>  * "scream"
> 
> I'd make 4 observations:
> 
>  - we should normnalize the it vs italics
>  - we should rewrite things to not use spaces in phrases
>  - I think the 'align(center) case(allcaps)' notation, which I think is Syd B's, is cute but misleading
>     in this day and age, as it has not gain any traction or widespread implementation
>  - we should avoid joky ones like "scream" which are rather specific to a culture and time….
> 
> (the latter comes from
> <head rend="scream" type="main">
> Major agrees to enforced no-fly zone</head>)
> 
> Lou, you may now disagree :-}
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