home *** CD-ROM | disk | FTP | other *** search
/ Computer Shopper 133 / dpcs0399.iso / INTERNET / COFFEE / HTMLED55 / SETUP.EXE / file0215.bin < prev    next >
Encoding:
Text File  |  1998-11-04  |  4.2 KB  |  64 lines
  1. <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0//EN"
  2.    "http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/strict.dtd">
  3. <html lang=en>
  4. <head>
  5. <title>TT - Teletype Text</title>
  6. <link rev=Made href="mailto:liam@htmlhelp.com">
  7. <link rel=Start href="../index.html">
  8. <link rel=Glossary href="http://www.htmlhelp.com/glossary/glossary.html">
  9. <link rel=Copyright href="http://www.htmlhelp.com/copyright.html">
  10. <link rel=StyleSheet href="../style.css" type="text/css">
  11. <link rel=StyleSheet href="../aural.css" type="text/css" media=aural>
  12. <meta name="author" content="Liam Quinn">
  13. <meta name="description" content="A description of HTML 4.0's TT element for teletype or monospaced text.">
  14. <meta name="keywords" content="tt element, teletype text, monospaced text, HyperText Markup Language, HTML, HTML4, HTML 4.0, Web Design Group, WDG, <tt> tag">
  15. </head>
  16. <body>
  17. <h2><img src="../wdglogo1.gif" width=250 height=83 alt="The Web Design Group"></h2>
  18. <h1>TT - Teletype Text</h1>
  19. <table>
  20.   <tr valign=top>
  21.     <th>Syntax</th>
  22.     <td><strong class=required><TT></strong>...<strong class=required></TT></strong></td>
  23.   </tr>
  24.   <tr valign=top>
  25.     <th>Attribute Specifications</th>
  26.     <td>
  27.       <ul>
  28.         <li><a href="../attrs.html">common attributes</a></li>
  29.       </ul>
  30.     </td>
  31.   </tr>
  32.   <tr valign=top>
  33.     <th>Contents</th>
  34.     <td><a href="../inline.html">Inline elements</a></td>
  35.   </tr>
  36.   <tr valign=top>
  37.     <th>Contained in</th>
  38.     <td><a href="../inline.html">Inline elements</a>, <a href="../block.html">block-level elements</a></td>
  39.   </tr>
  40. </table>
  41. <p>The <strong class=html>TT</strong> element suggests that text be rendered as <em>teletype or monospaced text</em>. In most cases, use of a <a href="../phrase/index.html">phrase element</a> such as <strong class=html><a href="../phrase/code.html">CODE</a></strong>, <strong class=html><a href="../phrase/samp.html">SAMP</a></strong>, or <strong class=html><a href="../phrase/kbd.html">KBD</a></strong> is more appropriate since these elements express the <em>meaning</em> of the text more clearly.</p>
  42. <p><a href="http://www.htmlhelp.com/reference/css/">Style sheets</a> should be used to complement or replace instances of <strong class=html>TT</strong>. For example, replacing</p>
  43. <p class=example><code class=html><H1><TT>My heading</TT></H1></code></p>
  44. <p>with</p>
  45. <p class=example><code class=html><H1>My heading</H1></code></p>
  46. <p>and</p>
  47. <p class=example><code class=css>H1 { <a href="http://www.htmlhelp.com/reference/css/font/font-family.html">font-family</a>: monospace }</code></p>
  48. <p>in a style sheet allows the author to change the presentation of all <strong class=html><a href="../block/h1.html">H1</a></strong> elements in an entire site by changing just one line in the style sheet.</p>
  49. <h2>More Information</h2>
  50. <ul>
  51.   <li><a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/present/graphics.html#edef-TT">TT in <abbr class=initialism title="World Wide Web Consortium">W3C</abbr> HTMLá4.0 Recommendation</a></li>
  52.   <li><a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html32#font-style">TT in <abbr class=initialism title="World Wide Web Consortium">W3C</abbr> HTMLá3.2 Recommendation</a></li>
  53.   <li><a href="http://www.w3.org/MarkUp/html-spec/html-spec_5.html#SEC5.7.2.3">TT in HTMLá2.0 Standard</a></li>
  54.   <li><a href="http://www.htmlhelp.com/reference/wilbur/font/tt.html">TT in <abbr class=initialism title="Web Design Group">WDG</abbr> HTMLá3.2 Reference</a></li>
  55.   <li><a href="http://www.hut.fi/u/jkorpela/HTML3.2/5.60.html">TT in <cite>Learning HTMLá3.2 by Examples</cite></a></li>
  56. </ul>
  57. <div class=footer>
  58. <address>Maintained by <a href="http://www.htmlhelp.com/%7Eliam/">Liam Quinn</a> <<a href="mailto:liam@htmlhelp.com">liam@htmlhelp.com</a>></address>
  59. <p class=toolbar><a href="http://www.htmlhelp.com/"><img src="../wdglogo-small.gif" width=105 height=40 alt="Web Design Group ~"></a> <a href="../index.html" rel=Start>HTMLá4.0áReference</a>á~ <a href="../olist.html">ElementsábyáFunction</a>á~ <a href="../alist.html">ElementsáAlphabetically</a></p>
  60. <p class=copyright><a href="http://www.htmlhelp.com/copyright.html">Copyright ⌐</a> 1998 Liam Quinn. All rights reserved.</p>
  61. </div>
  62. </body>
  63. </html>
  64.