Comments on: coming soon… how to do hanging punctuation with javascript/css http://nerkalog.lumpus.info/2005/07/17/soon-hanging-punct/ this is my tagline Thu, 19 Jun 2008 00:54:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: nerkles http://nerkalog.lumpus.info/2005/07/17/soon-hanging-punct/#comment-816 nerkles Mon, 07 Nov 2005 20:34:34 +0000 http://lumpus.info/nerkalog/archives/2005/07/soon-hanging-punct#comment-816 <p>Hi, I haven't forgotten, but have been way too busy. But if you wanna mess with it, you have to get a span around the opening quote and then give it a negative left margin. The trick is using JavaScript to get the exact pixel width of the quote mark and then use that number (probably minus a few px) to set the negative margin. </p> <p>That's about all there is to it, but I was thinking of figuring out a way to make it all automatic so you don't have to manually mark up all your punctuation.</p> Hi, I haven’t forgotten, but have been way too busy. But if you wanna mess with it, you have to get a span around the opening quote and then give it a negative left margin. The trick is using JavaScript to get the exact pixel width of the quote mark and then use that number (probably minus a few px) to set the negative margin.

That’s about all there is to it, but I was thinking of figuring out a way to make it all automatic so you don’t have to manually mark up all your punctuation.

]]> By: Jes http://nerkalog.lumpus.info/2005/07/17/soon-hanging-punct/#comment-813 Jes Sun, 06 Nov 2005 21:10:45 +0000 http://lumpus.info/nerkalog/archives/2005/07/soon-hanging-punct#comment-813 <p>I kept an eye here - for quite some time now. Did you forget this topic? Please don't say so. :-)</p> I kept an eye here – for quite some time now. Did you forget this topic? Please don’t say so. :-)

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