Re: type attribute in p

Will Durant used this technique in /The //Story of Civilization/. The 
difference in type size was subtle, even easy to overlook. Both kinds of 
paragraphs were part of a single narrative flow, but the slightly 
smaller print let the author say to the reader, “Yes, this part is a 
little more difficult, and I know this whole book is very long. If you 
skip this paragraph, don’t worry. You’ll still be able to follow what 
comes next.” Durant’s note was: “To bring the book into smaller compass, 
reduced type has been used for technical and recondite material.”


On 4/12/2017 2:04 PM, Martin Mueller wrote:
>
> I just stumbled an earlier thread about a @type attribute for <p> , 
> and there was a question about use cases. Here is one I can think of 
> right away. In the days long ago, when I regularly thumbed the 
> Classics review journal Gnomon, I always appreciated reviews that had 
> a main argument in larger type and subsidiary stuff in smaller type.  
> So you could read the whole thing or skip the fine print.
>