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From: michael.brockington
Date: Feb 18, 2005 9:32AM

> -----Original Message-----
> From: drs18 [mailto: <EMAIL REMOVED> ]
> Sent: 18 February 2005 13:51
> Subject: Re: [WebAIM] headings
>
> > But in HTML (which is what counts) you cannot just repeat a
> heading in
> > small
> > type.
> > Either you repeat your H1, H2 headings, but add styling to
> make them
> > small,
> > or you give them some other semantic markup.
>
> Yes you can repeat them in small type using style on the
> heading tags.
> That's exactly what I'm suggesting.
>

So then you confuse people who are not using stylesheets, ie most assistive
technology, who would just see this as a 'normal' H1, H2 and get a different
effect from sighted users!

Mike


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