CSS is most often used to style content for web browsers. Three emerging specifications from the W3C are trying to change this by describing features commonly used in printing. The CSS3 modules are:
This lightning round will give a rapid overview of the proposed printing features, including multi-column layout, footnotes, crop marks and leaders. It will also cover the use of CSS selectors to match XML features such as namespaces, attributes and elements.
Michael Day is the founder of YesLogic and the architect of the Prince formatter, a powerful tool for getting web content onto paper. Michael specialises in XML technologies and declarative programming and holds a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science from the University of Melbourne.