Typography

May 2, 2011

You can create some beautiful content by using some simple HTML elements. The Warp theme framework offers some neat styles for all HTML elements and a great set of CSS classes to style your content. Basic HTML is very easy to learn and this small guide shows you how to use all styles provided by the Warp framework.

Basic HTML Elements

Here is a short demonstration of text-level semanticts. The element creates a new paragraph. It will have some space before and after itself. To turn your text into hypertext just use the <a> element.

Text-Level Semantics

You can emphasize text using the  element or to imply any extra importance the  element. Highlight text with no semantic meaning using the element. Markup document changes like inserted or deleted text with the ~~<del> element~~ or <ins> element. To define an abbreviation use the <abbr> element and to define a definition term use the <dfn> element.

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Quotations and Code

Inline quotations can be defined by using the <q> element.

The <blockquote> element defines a long quotation which also creates a new block by inserting white space before and after the blockquote element.

To define a short inline computer code use the <code> element. For a larger code snippet use the <pre> element which defines preformatted text. It creates a new text block which preserves both spaces and line breaks.

 pre {     margin: 15px 0;     padding: 10px;     font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;     font-size: 12px;     line-height: 18px;     white-space: pre-wrap; }

Use the element for side comments and small print.

Useful CSS Classes

Here is a short demonstration of all style related CSS classes provided by the Warp framework.

Highlight Content

Drop caps are the first letter of a paragraph which are displayed bigger than the rest of the text. You can create a drop cap using the CSS class dropcap. To emphasize text with some small boxes use  element with the CSS class box.

This simple box is intended to group large parts of your content using the CSS class box-content.

This is a simple box to highlight some text using the CSS class box-note.

This is a simple box with useful information using the CSS class box-info.

This is a simple box with important notes and warnings using the CSS class box-warning.

This is a simple box with additional hints using the CSS class box-hint.

This is a simple box with download information using the CSS class box-download.

Use the CSS class dotted to create a dotted horizontal rule.

Tables

Create a zebra stripped table using using the CSS class zebra.

Table caption
Table Heading	Table Heading	Table Heading
Table Footer	Table Footer	Table Footer
Table Data	Table Data	Data Centered
Data Bold	Table Data	Data Centered
Table Data	Table Data	Data Centered

Definition Lists

Create a nice looking definition list separated with a line by using the CSS class separator.

Definition List: A definition list is a list of terms and corresponding definitions. To create a definition list use the <dl> element in conjunction with <dt> to define the definition term and <dd> to define the definition description.
Definition Term: This is a definition description.
Definition Term: This is a definition description.; This is another definition description.

Forms

Create a clearly arranged form layout with fieldset boxes using the CSS class box.