Styling abbreviations and acronyms
I wrote an article on abbreviations about three years ago that discussed the basics of abbreviations. Aspects of the article were slightly misleading and I have been meaning to update the information for a long time.
A modified version of Styling abbreviations and acronyms is now online - based on a post sent to the WSG some time ago.
Why is this article different to any other article on the topic?
- There is a discussion on the difference between Abbreviations, Initialisms, Contractions and Acronyms. Contractions in particular seem to rarely get a mention.
- The article suggests styling the
<abbr>and<acronym>elements using “border-bottom: .1em dotted” instead of the traditional “border-bottom: 1px dotted #000“.
Why would you specify the border-width with ems? And more importantly, why would you leave off the color value? The article, and sample will hopefully explain the answer…
