Re: [css3-text] ISSUE-229 Combining justification and whitespace:pre* from Brad Kemper on 2012-04-11 (www-style@w3.org from April 2012)

From: Brad Kemper <brad.kemper@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 11 Apr 2012 09:25:13 -0700
To: Bert Bos <bert@w3.org>
Cc: "www-style@w3.org" <www-style@w3.org>
Message-Id: <3E842C6D-787E-4EC1-9E28-6D4C280B0482@gmail.com>

On Apr 11, 2012, at 5:24 AM, Bert Bos <bert@w3.org> wrote:

> In other words, if you try to justify text with 'white-space: pre', the 
> whole line consists of a single "word" and there is nowhere to insert 
> flexible empty space. All you can vary is the letter spacing. (In level 
> 3, 'text-justify' will determine if letter spacing is actually flexible 
> or not.)

Full justification should always be adjusting to space between letters.

Received on Wednesday, 11 April 2012 16:25:52 UTC