dashed value for borders, 156
declarations, 49, 56-57
decorating text, 109, 113-114
default font face, 71-72
descenders, 96
Design and Usability page, 241
design examples
information and readability, 231-241, 237-238, 241-242
visual design, 242-247, 242-247
visual effects, 247-251, 248-251
device independence, 32
DHTML, 179
directories for images, 137
display property, 171
dithering, 126
div element
for expert speakers list, 217
with floats, 224-225
from tables, 223-224
for three-column layout, 183
DOCTYPE declarations, 8
in HTML, 24
in XHTML, 18-19, 27
DOCTYPE Switching, 19
document languages, 34
document trees
defined, 34
for inheritance, 9, 9, 46
document type definitions (DTDs), 14, 14
comparing, 16
compliance to, 15-16
in SGML, 5
types of, 15
documents
accessibility and rendering of, 12-13, 12
preparing, 63-68, 67-68
presentation of, 10-12, 10-11
rendering, 12-13, 12
structured. See structure and structured documents
validating, 15-16, 28-29, 87-88, 87-88
dots (.)
for class selectors, 49
for pseudo class, 51
dotted value for borders, 156
double value for borders, 156
drop shadows, 114
DTDs (document type definitions), 14, 14
comparing, 16
compliance to, 15-16
in SGML, 5
types of, 15
dynamic pseudo class selectors, 53