11<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN">
22<html lang="en">
3- <!-- $Id: text.src,v 2.3 1998-02-11 23:43:32 ijacobs Exp $ -->
3+ <!-- $Id: text.src,v 2.4 1998-02-12 22:55:22 ijacobs Exp $ -->
44<HEAD>
55<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1">
66<TITLE>Text</TITLE>
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ precisely, it specifies how boxes in each <a
6161href="visuren.html#line-box">line box</a> of a block align with
6262respect to the line box. (Note that alignment is not with respect to
6363the <a href="visuren.html#viewport">viewport</a> but the current <a
64- href="visuren .html#containing-block">containing block</a>.)
64+ href="visudet .html#containing-block">containing block</a>.)
6565
6666<P>Values have the following meanings:</P>
6767
@@ -270,15 +270,6 @@ class="value-inst-length"><strong><length></strong></span></span>
270270addition to the default space between
271271characters. Values may be negative, but there may be
272272implementation-specific limits.
273- <dt><strong>auto</strong>
274- <dd><!-- proposed -->
275- This value tells the user agent to adjust the spacing
276- between characters so that the entire text of an element fits on one
277- line. This value should only be used with special elements (e.g.,
278- headlines). See also the <span
279- class="propinst-font-size">'font-size'</span> property for related
280- 'auto' behavior.
281- <!-- end proposed -->
282273</dl>
283274
284275<P>Character spacing algorithms are user agent-dependent. Character
@@ -293,10 +284,8 @@ BLOCKQUOTE elements is increased by '0.1em'.
293284 BLOCKQUOTE { letter-spacing: 0.1em }
294285</PRE>
295286
296- <P>This will not happen if <span
297- class="propinst-letter-spacing">'letter-spacing'</span> is explicitly
298- set to a <span class="value-inst-length"><length></span> value,
299- as in:
287+ <P>In the following example, the user agent is not permitted
288+ to alter inter-character space, nor to add space:</p>
300289
301290<PRE>
302291 BLOCKQUOTE { letter-spacing: 0 }
@@ -442,14 +431,12 @@ class="propinst-white-space">'white-space'</span> property in author
442431and user style sheets but must specify a value for it in the default
443432style sheet.
444433
445- <H2>Text in HTML</H2>
446- <H3>Forcing a line break</H3>
434+ <H3>Line breaks</H3>
447435
448- <p>HTML has a <BR> element that forces a line break. In CSS2, an
449- explicit line break can be created with the <a href=
450- "generate.html#before-after-content">`:before' or `:after'</a>
451- pseudo-elements. The default rule for the BR element of HTML is as
452- follows:
436+ <p>To force a line break with CSS2, authors may specify one with the
437+ <a href= "generate.html#before-after-content">`:before' or
438+ `:after'</a> pseudo-elements. Thus, the BR element in HTML
439+ may be described as follows:</p>
453440
454441<pre class="example">
455442BR:before {content: "\A"}
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