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Subject:Re: FONT STANDARDS From:eric -dot- dunn -at- ca -dot- transport -dot- bombardier -dot- com To:Dick Margulis <margulis -at- fiam -dot- net> Date:Fri, 13 Feb 2004 15:21:57 -0500
Dick Margulis <margulis -at- fiam -dot- net> wrote on 02/13/2004 03:16:10 PM:
> You MIGHT want to .....
And then you MIGHT change your mind. :)
So, tag all the different instances using styles that identify the
function not the formatting. So when you DO change your mind, the
formatting can easily be changed throughout.
Or, use SGML/XML with tags identifying the different items so that they
can be formatted according to their type. (or NOT.)
