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spec'ing type style, size & color Hul Tytus 12-01-2007
Posted by Hul Tytus on December 1, 2007, 4:29 am
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spec'ing type style, size & color

When using html and linking to a text file to be displayed, as below,
does anyone know how the type style, colors & size can be specified?

<a href="http://www.panix.com/~hrp/test.txt"> [read more]</a>

Hul

Posted by Safalra (Stephen Morley) on December 1, 2007, 6:49 am
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 On Sat, 1 Dec 2007 09:29:45 +0000 (UTC), Hul Tytus wrote:
> When using html and linking to a text file to be displayed, as below,
> does anyone know how the type style, colors & size can be specified?


It can't - plain text files do not contain formatting information. If you
want to influence text formatting and still display the document in a web
browser then you're limitted to HTML or PDF (although PDF requires a
browser plug-in).


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Posted by Stan Brown on December 1, 2007, 6:54 am
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> When using html and linking to a text file to be displayed, as below,
> does anyone know how the type style, colors & size can be specified?

If it's a text file, served as text, I don't believe you can. If it's
an HTML file wrapped with <pre> ... </pre> then of course you can
style it.

Whether it's a good idea to do that is another matter.

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Posted by David E. Ross on December 1, 2007, 1:20 pm
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On 12/1/2007 1:29 AM, Hul Tytus wrote:
> comp.infosystems.www.authoring.html
> spec'ing type style, size & color
>
> When using html and linking to a text file to be displayed, as below,
> does anyone know how the type style, colors & size can be specified?
>
> <a href="http://www.panix.com/~hrp/test.txt"> [read more]</a>
>
> Hul

That link is 404, so I can't tell what you are really trying to do.

However, I know that HTML formatting for a non-HTML TXT file really does
not exist. The display will be formatted according to how the user has
configured his or her browser.

--
David E. Ross
<http://www.rossde.com/>

Natural foods can be harmful: Look at all the
people who die of natural causes.

Posted by dbr on December 1, 2007, 4:30 pm
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Thanks all for the information. Helps to get a clear answer.

Hul

> On 12/1/2007 1:29 AM, Hul Tytus wrote:
> > comp.infosystems.www.authoring.html
> > spec'ing type style, size & color
> >
> > When using html and linking to a text file to be displayed, as below,
> > does anyone know how the type style, colors & size can be specified?
> >
> > <a href="http://www.panix.com/~hrp/test.txt"> [read more]</a>
> >
> > Hul

> That link is 404, so I can't tell what you are really trying to do.

> However, I know that HTML formatting for a non-HTML TXT file really does
> not exist. The display will be formatted according to how the user has
> configured his or her browser.

> --
> David E. Ross
> <http://www.rossde.com/>

> Natural foods can be harmful: Look at all the
> people who die of natural causes.

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