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 08-17-04 - 12:17 AM 
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On Mon, 16 Aug 2004 22:23:25 +0800, Andrew D <andyd@elsewhere.com> wrote:
> In article <cfntk1$ckj$1$8300dec7@news.demon.co.uk>, David Dorward
> <dorward@yahoo.com> wrote:
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> I've seen this mentioned a few times and am intrigued. If an H1 heading
> is
> much larger than you need, and if you're not using CSS and it's widely
> recommended that developer's use fonts at 100% size, then doesn't it make
> sense to use a heading size that is more likely to meet your requirements
> for a given line of text?
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> Or have I really missed the point somewhere along the line? Is it okay,
> for example, to set an H1 with a font size="-2" in order to control it?
Yes yes yes yes yes. A thousand times yes.
> Pointers to tutorials/advice on the proper use of headlines appreciated.
h1 is the heading for this page. h2's are headings for sections of the
page. h3's are subheadings for sections of the h2 sections. Think of it as
an outline of the document.
h1 My web page
h2 Navigation of my site
h2 My favorite Links
h3 Web Design
h3 My Little Pony Links
h3 Other Links
h2 Info about me
h3 My bio
h3 My upcoming appearances
If it fits this format, you'll get arguments from no one, I imagine. This
is a strict interpretation admittedly, but it's the one I go by.
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08-17-04 - 12:17 AM
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On Mon, 16 Aug 2004 22:44:32 +0100, Toby Inkster
<usenet200408@tobyinkster.co.uk> wrote:
> Andrew D wrote:
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> Larger?! In *my* browser, an <h1> heading is the same size text as an
> <h2>
> heading, which is the same size as an <h3> heading.
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The "if" above seems to cover the fact that in some cases the heading size
is not different. Clearly in *your* browser an author's CSS cannot change
the font-size of headings, so that's IMO a moot point to this argument.
Visitors for whom visual CSS is of any consequence normally do see h1 as
larger than h2, h3, etc. The CSS adjustment for these renderings does not
bear at all on the rendering for other users for whom the headings are not
larger than normal text.
Perhaps what you actually were arguing is the wording of the phrase. h1
certainly does not "mean" bold text at twice the size, though in most
graphic browsers it turns out to be the case. h1 merely means "primary
heading" and imposes no rendering strictures asude from the mention that
most browsers make the h1 more prominent on the page than surrounding text.
An h1 heading is not large or small in size, but its rendering in most
browsers can be, and that fact is the point of discussion.
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