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laser
Advanced Member

Australia
3859 Posts

Posted - 01 April 2004 : 07:10:02

The best way to explain this is to show it :


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Imagine the X's are just normal text in HTML, BUT without a straight dividing line - a curvy line instead. Is this possible ? I'm playing around in DreamWeaver, but can't see an easy way to do it.

miperez
Junior Member

Spain
243 Posts

Posted - 01 April 2004 : 07:26:23

Hi, laser.

I guess that you are trying to write a document in two columns and make the division between them be curvy, or something similar.

There is, AFAIK, no possibility to do so right now, html (and even CSS) are based in boxes built up as rectangles. The CSS3 specification (under development) defines a new type of border-style, known "wave", thaw maybe would allow to do such things. You could create a vertical rectangle with a wavy border, but I'm not sure whether or not the text would wrap around it.

You can read more information here

Maybe there is some "trick" that can, with the current specifications, get this effect, but I do not knoe how to do it right now

Best Regards

Mikel Perez

"Hell is the place where everything test perfectly, and nothing works"

laser
Advanced Member

Australia
3859 Posts

Posted - 01 April 2004 : 08:00:09

Yeah, the wave seems to be a border only and won't change the text format at all. I'll have to do it via JPGs I think

or maybe just a complicated table structure.

miperez
Junior Member

Spain
243 Posts

Posted - 01 April 2004 : 10:03:25

That's what I thought, though any possible solution is going to be hard to implement.

On is to build a complex table, the second one is to use CSS to float two divs to make the two columns, and afterwards float some blank images of different width inside them:
- To the right in the left column
- To the left in the right column

Using this method, however, the text in one column would never be able to "wave" above or below some text in the other one. ¿does this make sense?

Edited in order to make it a bit clearer... without much success

Best Regards

Mikel Perez

"Hell is the place where everything test perfectly, and nothing works"

Edited by - miperez on 01 April 2004 10:06:26

laser
Advanced Member

Australia
3859 Posts

Posted - 01 April 2004 : 17:14:53

Yeah, I might see what I can do ... I'm thinking of a BIG (page size) JPG is the only solution to get the wave, Flash is another solution, or convince the client it's just not possible

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