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Re: Kamakawi Orthography Page

From:René Uittenbogaard <ruittenb@...>
Date:Thursday, June 5, 2008, 8:35
I've made a screenshot of the page after printing it to Fineprint:
<http://tinyurl.com/6n3zc6>
As you can see, there is only one page, and the text runs off
just like Benct was saying.
This was printed with Firefox 2.0.0.14

René

2008/6/5 David J. Peterson <dedalvs@...>:
> I already did (check the page again; there's two links to .pdf > files). If your images are printing out blank, go to the settings > of your web browser and make sure the "print background > images" button is checked (it needs to be, in this case). This > box height you speak of is news to me... I'd better check that. > I spent about an hour earlier today validating both the HTML > and the CSS, and it all checks out. I'll see what I can find. > > -David > ******************************************************************* > "sunly eleSkarez ygralleryf ydZZixelje je ox2mejze." > "No eternal reward will forgive us now for wasting the dawn." > > -Jim Morrison > > http://dedalvs.free.fr/ > > On Jun 5, 2008, at 1∞08 AM, Benct Philip Jonsson wrote: > >> It's a known problem with all pages which specify a height for a box >> containing the main text of the page. Instead of getting broken into >> several physical pages the text just flows off the bottom of the first >> page. There may be other things that cause the same problem, but >> setting a min-height instead of an absolute height for the containing >> block might do the trick. When I disabled page styles the >> images/tables disappeared. In Opera page breaking was OK but the >> layout got garbled, with images appearing wildly out of place and the >> top of some pages getting cut off. Unfortunately this can't be >> captured in screen shots, turning up only in printout. I will >> experiment with Stylish if I can create a style which does the trick. >> The absolutely strangest part is the images which go blank when >> printing from Firefox. Since it prints correctly perhaps you could >> make a printout to PDF and link it? >> >> 2008/6/4, David J. Peterson <dedalvs@...>: >>> >>> Mark J. Reed: >>> << >>> Looks like you dropped some words in the middle of your intro >>> paragraph: "Most logographs are used to indicate words, but some >>> (e.g., those that make up the syllabary) are used for both the >>> original words they were created to convey, and a phonemic string >>> don't." >>>>> >>> >>> Oh, no, that' "don't" is functional: it means "don't read the functional >>> 'don't'." I can see how you'd make that mistake, though. >>> >>> BPJ: >>> << >>> Your html and/or css is broken so that the page can't >>> be prant out correctly: in Firefox/Ubuntu the right margin >>> is cut off and images don't print. In Windows Vicester >>> we have the familiar problem with the whole page lying >>> inside a box and for some reason only the first page of print >>> will print out, the rest disappearing below the bottom >>> margin of the first physical page, and this in both Firefox >>> and IE. I still have to try XP and/or Opera... >>>>> >>> >>> By "familiar", do you mean familiar with my pages, or it's a >>> familiar problem you have with lots of pages...? >>> >>> The page looks fine on both my Safari and Firefox (Mac). >>> And even though I don't ever give IE a thought anymore >>> (is there *anything* it does well...?), aside from one slight >>> gaffe, it displays correctly on my IE 5 for Mac. Can you >>> send me a screenshot of the margin things? I'm not sure >>> what I can do if I can't reproduce the problem, but I'll give >>> it a try. >>> >>> -David >>> ******************************************************************* >>> "sunly eleSkarez ygralleryf ydZZixelje je ox2mejze." >>> "No eternal reward will forgive us now for wasting the dawn." >>> >>> -Jim Morrison >>> >>> http://dedalvs.free.fr/ >>> >> >> >> -- >> / BP >