Grand Style Wednesday November 1, 2006
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I love text formatting. Whenever I post to Basecamp, I make sure my messages are set out. I am delighted to see that Textpattern utilizes Textile. I am unaware of using for quite sometime now. Publishing here is just like posting at my project collaboration sites!
Why is text formatting a necessity?
Whether you prefer a WYSIWYG editor or elegant styling via markup, formatting a chunk of text makes a lot of difference. Your site’s content could be a powerful interface only if you set out the presentation properly.
Semantic presentation drives your goal to your audience. It is like speaking and putting emphasis on certain words that you think will identify your main message and reinforce that message once it has been nailed down. Same effect can be achieved on writing with proper and logical text styling, not for style’s sake, but for meaning. It is imperative to set your goals first , then styling will become a second nature.
Fear not because there are no hard rules on text formatting only failures if you did not get your intended message across.
How do you style for meaning?