Re: poetry advice sought

In article <Xns9A6F9B6687FE3neredbojiasnano@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
Neredbojias <ex@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

On 28 Mar 2008, JWS <JWS@xxxxxxx> wrote:

Neredbojias wrote:

First of all, try this instead of what you got:

<div style="margin:auto;width:50%;white-space:nowrap;">

Others will probably come along with more comprehensive advice.
If not, I'll be back!

I used your suggestion in a new version of the page:

http://www.jw-stumpel.nl/yeats-test.html

This is definitely better than my original design (behaves better
when the window width is changed) but I can't help thinking that
there might be even better solutions. So please, do come back!

Chris's solution strategy is probably the best. Find the length of the
longest line in ems (-I think he arrived at 25em) and set the div width to
that, with margin:auto;. I would retain the white-space:nowrap;, though.

You have to be a bit careful with specifying a width. With some fonts,
eg, Courier, I found 25em was too little. I was looking at B's pre and
it came up in my default Courier. But if you allow for the widest of the
fonts, you will bugger up the centering a bit! Swings and roundabouts.

Anyway, might as well throw in my fiddling too:

<http://netweaver.com.au/alt/yeats.html>

--
dorayme
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