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Re: <font> deprecated?

From: Christian Comeau <christian_-at-_comeau.net>
To: flora-admin-help_-at-_flora.org
Date: Thu, 31 Oct 2002 22:24:38 -0500
References: <3DBC82D2.13393.1B5B81F@localhost>

On Monday 28 October 2002 12:20 am, Peter Blanchard wrote:
> I just read that the <font> tag is
> "deprecated" in favor of style sheets.
> ( http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/present/graphics.html )
>
> Is this anything I need worry about? I dread the
> thought of the amount of code I would have to
> rewrite!

I personally use Style Sheets and don't use the <font> tag, but I wouldn't 
worry about it.  I highly doubt that browser manufacturers will stop 
supporting the <font> tag anytime soon.

>
> Also, are there any good short books or
> web-resources I should take a look at
> to make sure I am not doing anything *really*
> stupid in my self-taught HTML and PHP?
>

I like http://www.w3schools.com/.  It has a whole bunch of tutorials and 
references.

Christian Comeau

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