I'm including some poetry in a free-space profile. Is there a way to format it so that the lines don't run together?

Question

[[Space:Ann Eliza Hepburne Rooth's 1837 Album|Ann Eliza Hepburne Rooth's 1837 Album]]

Answer 1

Hi,

Simple answer is yes.

If you want to align the text to the left margin of the page use before the first line of the text.

<div style="text-align: left;">

 

If you want the text to align in the middle of the page use before the first line of the text

 

<div style="text-align: center;">

Comments

Wonderful. Thanks!

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My pleasure, I forgot to add the following link it's to the help section on formatting text.

 

http://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Editing_Tips

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Thanks again. I'll take a look.

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Include before your poem

<poem>

and after it

</poem>

You can also end each line with <br/>

 

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Thanks. Now let's see if I can make it work. New to formatting....obviously!

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W all have to start sometime :) Hope it turns out ok for you.

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It did! Thanks again.

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You can also start each line with a ":" and that will serve as a break and indent the line a bit.

Answer 2

Laurie,

I used the poem from the inside front cover and threw together a quick sample of ideas that you can toy around with. For example drop caps (in colours inspired by the marbled paper ;) ) using em dash and em space. And using the break tag <br /> to seperate lines but keep the verses together.

Below the poem I have reproduced the first paragraph so if you like you can copy the code I used and go from there.

http://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Space:Tons_Tweaks

Comments

I love this! I'll give it a whirl. Thanks so much.

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Rob: I've worked with many a designer in my day as an editor and never knew how demanding it was. My designer friends are having a good chuckle right now. I didn't attempt the multi-colours, but I think the red drop caps look great. Hopefully Ann Eliza would approve! Thanks again, L.

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Glad I could offer something useful. If I might make a small suggestion, consider adding some blank space between the verses of the poem.

I have been busy adding a lot more content to the tweaks page.

Regards,

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I wondered about that, but thought I'd leave well enough alone. I asked the hubby for advice. He apologizes to you, saying he's cheating and that a purist would object, but his code seemed to work. Thanks for the suggestion.

I'll look into your tweaks page. The pages are a little plain at the moment, so it will be nice to dress them up.