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MLANET Style Guide

Type

Type style and size on MLANET pages are dictated by the cascading style sheet (CSS). See CSS below for the code. If you are not using style sheets, use the following descriptions to define your documents.

Body copy

font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif
font-size: 12pt
font-style: normal
line-height: normal
font-weight: normal
letter-spacing: normal
word-spacing: normal
position: absolute
margin-top: 1.0em
margin-right: 1.0em
margin-bottom: 1.0em
margin-left: 1.0em

H1, header 1

Not in use; the MLANET logo at the top of the page is considered H1.

H2, header 2

font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif
font-size: 12pt
font-style: normal
font-weight: bold
color: #CCFFFF
background-position: center center
letter-spacing: normal
text-align: center; word-spacing: normal; vertical-align: middle; margin-top: 1.0em

H3, header 3

font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif
margin-top: 1.0em
margin-right: 0.5em
margin-left: 0.5em

H4, header 4

font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif
margin-right: 1.0em
margin-left: 1.0em
Note: Because the H4 style includes margins, this level of header can also be acheived by simply setting paragraph body copy in bold.

H5, header 5

Not in use.

H6, header 6

font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif
font-size: 12pt
font-weight: bold
text-align: left
background-position: center center
letter-spacing: normal
word-spacing: normal
Note: Not in use.

H7, header 7

font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif
font-size: 10pt
font-weight: bold
text-align: center
background-position: center center
letter-spacing: normal
word-spacing: normal
Note: Not in use.

P, paragraph

font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif
margin-right: 1.0em
margin-left: 1.0em

P.sm, paragraph small

font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif
font-size: 8pt
line-height: normal
letter-spacing: normal
text-align: left
margin-right: .5em
margin-left: .5em
Note: Not currently in use.

P.indent, paragraph with indent

font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif
line-height: normal
letter-spacing: normal
text-align: left
margin-right: 4.0em
margin-left: 4.0em
Note: When using CSS, use <p class="indent"> instead of blockquote.

UL, unordered lists, bullets

font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif
Note: Use the default round bullets for unordered lists.

Blockquote

font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif
Note: Not in use. When using CSS, use <p class="indent"> instead of blockquote.

TD.body

font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif
margin-top: .5em
margin-right: .5em
margin-bottom: 0.0em
margin-left: .5em

TD

font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif

a:active { color: #6699FF}
a:link { color: #3333CC}
a:visited { color: #009999}

CSS

To use the MLANET general CSS, copy the code below directly into a new document in Notepad and save it with the cascading style sheet extension (.css). Include the name of the file with the correct directory path in each subsequent Web page.

BODY { font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; line-height: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; word-spacing: normal; OVERFLOW:scroll;OVERFLOW-X:hidden; background-color: #000000; color: #000000} .DEK {POSITION:absolute;VISIBILITY:hidden;Z-INDEX:200; margin-top: 1.0em; margin-right: 1.0em; margin-bottom: 1.0em; margin-left: 1.0em} H3 { font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin-top: 1.0em; margin-right: 0.5em; margin-left: 0.5em } H4 { font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin-right: 1.0em; margin-left: 1.0em } P { font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin-right: 1.0em; margin-left: 1.0em} P.sm { font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 8pt; line-height: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: left; margin-right: .5em; margin-left: .5em} P.indent { font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: left; margin-right: 4.0em; margin-left: 4.0em} UL { font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif} BLOCKQUOTE { font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif} TD.body { font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin-top: .5em; margin-right: .5em; margin-bottom: 0.0em; margin-left: .5em} TD { font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif} H7 { font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold; text-align: center; background-position: center center; letter-spacing: normal; word-spacing: normal} H6 { font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold; text-align: left; background-position: center center; letter-spacing: normal; word-spacing: normal} H2 { font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; color: #CCFFFF; background-position: center center; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: center; word-spacing: normal; vertical-align: middle; margin-top: 1.0em} TD.detail_listing { font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 8pt; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: left; word-spacing: normal; border: #D09838; border-style: solid; border-top-width: thin; border-right-width: thin; border-bottom-width: thin; border-left-width: thin} TABLE.detail_listing { font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: left; word-spacing: normal; border: #D09838; border-style: solid; border-top-width: thin; border-right-width: thin; border-bottom-width: thin; border-left-width: thin} TABLE.detail_body { font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; background-position: center center; letter-spacing: normal; word-spacing: normal; padding-top: 4px; padding-right: 4px; padding-bottom: 4px; padding-left: 4px; border: #D09838; border-style: solid; border-top-width: 2px; border-right-width: 2px; border-bottom-width: 2px; border-left-width: 2px} TABLE.plus { font-size: 8pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif} TH.plus { font-size: 8pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif} TD.plus { font-size: 8pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif} a:active { color: #6699FF} a:link { color: #3333CC} a:visited { color: #009999}

If you have any questions, please contact Kate Corcoran, MLA's director of research and information systems.