[whatwg] use cases for <figure> without <figcaption>?

Steve Faulkner faulkner.steve at gmail.com
Thu Jun 20 12:19:21 PDT 2013


OK so how do you reference

<figure>
arial
</figure>

for example?

--

Regards

SteveF
HTML 5.1 <http://www.w3.org/html/wg/drafts/html/master/>


On 20 June 2013 20:16, Xaxio Brandish <xaxiobrandish at gmail.com> wrote:

> The figures could be in a document talking about fonts, yet easily moved
> to the side of the page and still maintain relevance if referenced within
> the document.  I think something important about figures is placement
> irrelevance as long as they can be referenced, whereas paragraphs don't
> have the added semantic of "this will be referenced at some point."
>
> --Xaxio
> On Jun 20, 2013 12:10 PM, "Steve Faulkner" <faulkner.steve at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> >An illustration of a font name, in its respective font?
>>
>> why is <figure> better in this case than <p> (for example) ?
>>
>> --
>>
>> Regards
>>
>> SteveF
>> HTML 5.1 <http://www.w3.org/html/wg/drafts/html/master/>
>>
>>
>> On 20 June 2013 19:27, Xaxio Brandish <xaxiobrandish at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> An illustration of a font name, in its respective font?
>>>
>>> --Xaxio
>>> On Jun 20, 2013 11:24 AM, "Steve Faulkner" <faulkner.steve at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> What are the use cases for a <figure> without a <figcaption> ?
>>>> --
>>>>
>>>> Regards
>>>>
>>>> SteveF
>>>> HTML 5.1 <http://www.w3.org/html/wg/drafts/html/master/>
>>>>
>>>
>>



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