[WEB4LIB] Re: Use of underlining (was "Web design question")

[Avi Rappoport]

>Erwin Wodarczak wrote:
>I'm one of those people who turns off underlining on their browser. 
>I find that underlining tends to clutter up a page.  But, to each 
>his/her own.  An alternative to underlining, especially on light 
>type or if you're using a non-standard link colour (especially if 
>it's a lighter colour), is to put all links in bold-face.  See 
>http://www.library.ubc.ca/spcoll/ as an example.

When I write a web page, I use bold for emphasis and organizational 
cues.  There aren't many typographical options for these -- pretty 
much just bold and italic (which is hard to read online).

I like the idea of separating markup and presentation, and allowing 
the browsers to render links to you as you wish to see them, rather 
than controlling it on the server end.  Maybe we'll have more options 
with CSS, and maybe fewer...

Avi
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