The hypertext you write is stored in HTML language, which does not contain
information about the fonts and paragraph shapes and spacing which should
be used for displaying the document.
This gives great advantages in that your document will be rendered successfully
on whatever platform it is viewed, including a plain text terminal.
You should be aware that different clients do use different spacing and fonts.
You should be careful to use the structuring elements such as headers and
lists in the way in which they were intended. If you don't like the rendering
on your particular client, don't try to fix it by using inappropriate elements,
or trying for example to force extra spacing with empty elements. This may
well end up being interpreted differently by other clients and looking very
strange. You can in many cases configure the client displays each element.
For example:
See also:
testing your document .
Following these guidelines you may find that the end result does not appear
on your screen exactly as you would like, but your readers will probably
be happier.
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Tim BL