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[css2] Minor rewrites for clarity
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<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN">
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<html lang="en">
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<!-- $Id: media.src,v 2.16 1998-04-06 23:42:55 ijacobs Exp $ -->
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<!-- $Id: media.src,v 2.17 1998-04-09 14:41:57 ijacobs Exp $ -->
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<HEAD>
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<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1">
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<TITLE>Media types</TITLE>
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<P>Certain CSS properties are only designed for certain media (e.g.,
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the <span class="propinst-cue-before">'cue-before'</span> property for
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aural style sheets). On occasion, however, style sheets for different
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aural user agents). On occasion, however, style sheets for different
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media types may share a property, but require different values for
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that property. For example, the <span
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class="propinst-font-size">'font-size'</span> property is useful both
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for screen and print media. However, the two media are different
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enough to require different values for the common property; a document
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will typically need a larger font on a computer screen than on paper.
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Experience also shows that sans serif fonts are easier to read on
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Experience also shows that sans-serif fonts are easier to read on
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screen, while fonts with serifs are easier to read on paper. For
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these reasons, it is necessary to express that a style sheet -- or a
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section of a style sheet -- applies to certain media types.
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<H3><a name="at-media-rule">The @media rule</a></H3>
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<P>An <span class="index-def" title="media">@media</span> rule lists
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the <a href="#media-types">media types</a> (separated by commas)
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affected by a set of rules delimited by curly braces.
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<p>The <span class="index-inst" title="@media">@media</span> construct
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allows style sheet rules for various media in the same style
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sheet:</P>
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<P>An <span class="index-def" title="media">@media</span> rule
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specifies the target <a href="#media-types">media types</a> (separated
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by commas) of a set of rules (delimited by curly braces). The <span
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class="index-inst" title="@media">@media</span> construct allows style
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sheet rules for various media in the same style sheet:</P>
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<pre class="example">
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@media print {
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<P>The names chosen for CSS media types reflect target devices for
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which the relevant properties make sense. In the list of CSS media
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types, the parenthetical descriptions are not normative. They only
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give a sense of what device the media type is meant to refer to.
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<p>Due to rapidly changing technologies, CSS2 does not specify a
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definitive list of media types that may be values for <span
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class="index-inst" title="@media">@media</span>.
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which the relevant properties make sense. In the following list of CSS
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media types, the parenthetical descriptions are not normative. They
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only give a sense of what device the media type is meant to refer to.
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<dl>
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<dt><strong>all</strong>
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resolution, color, limited-scrollability screens, sound available).
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<P>Media type names are case-insensitive.
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<P>Media type names are case-insensitive.
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<P>Due to rapidly changing technologies, CSS2 does not specify a
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definitive list of media types that may be values for <span
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class="index-inst" title="@media">@media</span>.
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<em><strong>Note.</strong>
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the property must be implemented by a <a
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href="conform.html#conformance">conforming user agent</a>. Since
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properties generally apply to several media, the "Applies to media"
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section of each property definition indicates a <span
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class="index-def" title="media group">media group</span> rather than a
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list of media types. A property applies to all media types that belong
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to a given media group.
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section of each property definition lists <span class="index-def"
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title="media group">media groups</span> rather than individual media
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types. Each property applies to all media types in the media groups
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listed in its definition.
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<P>CSS2 defines the following media groups: </P>
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