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body div#devskin7405315 * { background:transparent; border:none; box-shadow:none; -moz-box-shadow:none; -webkit-box-shadow:none; box-sizing:border-box; -moz-box-sizing:border-box; -webkit-box-sizing:border-box; margin:0; padding:0; } /* ------------------------------ GENERAL ------------------------------ */ body div#devskin7405315 .gr1 { display:none; } body div#devskin7405315 .gr2 { display:none; } body div#devskin7405315 .gr3 { display:none; } body div#devskin7405315 .tri { display:none; } body div#devskin7405315 h2 img { display:none; } body div#devskin7405315 a { color:#98ab0a; text-decoration:none; transition:color 0.5s; -moz-transition:color 0.5s; -webkit-transition:color 0.5s; -ms-transition:color 0.5s; -o-transition:color 0.5s; } body div#devskin7405315 a:hover { color:#b4cc00; text-decoration:underline; } body div#devskin7405315 h1, body div#devskin7405315 h2, body div#devskin7405315 h3, body div#devskin7405315 h4, body div#devskin7405315 h5, body div#devskin7405315 h6 { font-family:Georgia, serif; color:#414d4c; letter-spacing:0px; font-weight:bold; } body div#devskin7405315 .text ::selection { background:#f2d649; } body div#devskin7405315 .text ::-moz-selection { background:#f2d649; } body div#devskin7405315 .gr-box { } body div#devskin7405315 .gr-genericbox { border:none; border-radius:10px; -moz-border-radius:10px; -webkit-border-radius:10px; position:static; background:url(https://i451.photobucket.com/albums/qq231/pica-ae/img_background.jpg) #f2f2f2; margin:10px 0px; padding:0px; font-family:Verdana; font-size:13px; line-height:20px; color:#333333; text-shadow:#ffffff 0px 1px 0px; } body div#devskin7405315 .divider { background:#cccccc; display:block; height:1px; } /* ------------------------------ GR-TOP ------------------------------ */ body div#devskin7405315 .gr-top { border:none; position:static; background:#4a5d4e url('https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/22307794/css/CR/gr-top_trans.png') center; color:#FFFFFF; margin:0px!important; padding:0px!important; } body div#devskin7405315 .gr-top .gr { border:none; background:transparent; margin:0px!important; padding:40px 20px!important; margin:auto!important; max-width:680px; } body div#devskin7405315 .gr-top h2, body div#devskin7405315 .gr-top h2 a { background:url('https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/22307794/dA/profile/TriCSS.png') no-repeat top left; color:#98ab0a; text-shadow:#37413e 0px 1px 0px; font-weight:normal; font-size:32px; letter-spacing:0.1px; padding-top:90px; transition:color 0.5s, box-shadow 0.5s; -moz-transition:color 0.5s, box-shadow 0.5s; -webkit-transition:color 0.5s, box-shadow 0.5s; -ms-transition:color 0.5s, box-shadow 0.5s; -o-transition:color 0.5s, box-shadow 0.5s; } body div#devskin7405315 .gr-top h2 a:hover { color:#b4cc00; text-decoration:none; text-shadow:#37413e 0px 2px 1px; } body div#devskin7405315 .gr-top .timestamp { display:none; } body div#devskin7405315 .gr-top span { border:none; background:transparent; margin:0px!important; padding:0px!important; } /* ------------------------------ GR-BODY ------------------------------ */ body div#devskin7405315 .gr-body { position:static; border:none; background:transparent; margin:0px; padding:0px; } body div#devskin7405315 .gr-body .gr { position:static; border:none; background:transparent; margin:0px!important; padding:0px!important; } /* ------------------------------ TEXT ------------------------------ */ body div#devskin7405315 .text { background:transparent; padding:20px; margin:auto; max-width:680px; } body div#devskin7405315 .text p { display:inline; } body div#devskin7405315 .text h1 { display:block; margin:0px!important; padding:0px; font-size:24px; } body div#devskin7405315 .text h2 { font-size:21px; } body div#devskin7405315 .text h3 { font-size:18px; } body div#devskin7405315 .text h4 { font-size:16px; } body div#devskin7405315 .text ol { list-style-type:decimal; margin:10px 20px; padding:0px; } body div#devskin7405315 .text ul { list-style-image:url('https://dl.dropbox.com/u/22307794/css/img_li.gif'); margin:10px 20px; padding:0px; } body div#devskin7405315 .text li { margin:5px 0px; } body div#devskin7405315 .text hr { background:url(https://i451.photobucket.com/albums/qq231/pica-ae/img_sidebar_hr.gif) repeat-x left; margin:0px; padding:0px; border:none; } body div#devskin7405315 .text em { } body div#devskin7405315 .text strong { color:#4a5d4e; font-size:150%; } body div#devskin7405315 .text .bu { font-size:11px; max-width:70%; margin:0 auto; } body div#devskin7405315 .shadow-holder { background:white; box-shadow:0px 1px 4px #b2b2b2; -moz-box-shadow:0px 1px 4px #b2b2b2; -webkit-box-shadow:0px 1px 4px #b2b2b2; margin:5px; padding:0px; vertical-align:middle; transition:background 0.5s ease; -moz-transition:background 0.5s ease; -webkit-transition:background 0.5s ease; -ms-transition:background 0.5s ease; -o-transition:background 0.5s ease; } body div#devskin7405315 .shadow-holder .mild .thumb img { padding:0px; vertical-align:middle; transition:opacity 0.5s ease; -moz-transition:opacity 0.5s ease; -webkit-transition:opacity 0.5s ease; -ms-transition:opacity 0.5s ease; -o-transition:opacity 0.5s ease; } body div#devskin7405315 .shadow-holder:hover { background:#f2f2f2; } body div#devskin7405315 .shadow-holder .mild .thumb img:hover { } /* ------------------------------ BOTTOM ------------------------------ */ body div#devskin7405315 .bottom { background:#4a5d4e; margin:0px; padding:20px; } body div#devskin7405315 .bottom a { color:#ffffff; text-decoration:none; text-shadow:#37413e 0px -1px 0px; } body div#devskin7405315 .bottom a:hover { color:#798e7f; text-shadow:#37413e 0px 1px 0px; text-decoration:none; } /* ------------------------------ FOOTER ------------------------------ */ body div#devskin7405315 .footer { background:#e5e5e5; line-height:30px; margin:0px; padding:20px; text-shadow:none; text-align:center; } body div#devskin7405315 .footer h1 { } body div#devskin7405315 .footer a { background:#98ab0a; color:#FFFFFF; font-weight:normal; margin:2px 0; padding:0px 10px; display:inline-block; height:30px; line-height:30px; transition:background 1s ease; -moz-transition:background 1s ease; -webkit-transition:background 1s ease; -ms-transition:background 1s ease; -o-transition:background 1s ease; } body div#devskin7405315 .footer a:hover { background:#FFFFFF; color:#98ab0a; } body div#devskin7405315 .suggestion { background:#ffffff; color:#333333; font-size:14px; padding:20px; } body div#devskin7405315 .suggestion h3 { text-align:center; } /* ------------------------------ DEVIATIONS ------------------------------ */ body div#devskin7405315 a.embedded-deviation { transition:opacity 0.5s ease; -moz-transition:opacity 0.5s ease; -webkit-transition:opacity 0.5s ease; -ms-transition:opacity 0.5s ease; -o-transition:opacity 0.5s ease; } body div#devskin7405315 a.embedded-deviation:hover { } body div#devskin7405315 a.embedded-deviation .iframe .deviantart .bubbleview .journal-wrapper .journal-wrapper2 , body div#devskin7405315 journal .journalcontrol .negate-box-margin .gr-box .gr-top { display:none; } /* ------------------------------ COLUMNS ------------------------------ */ body div#devskin7405315 .columns { display:inline-block; width:100%; height:100%; } body div#devskin7405315 .columns p, body div#devskin7405315 .columns .half { width:50%; display:block; float:left; padding-right:10px; } body div#devskin7405315 .left-half { height:300px; width:40%; float:left; padding-right:10px; } body div#devskin7405315 .right-half { width:50%; text-align:right; float:right; display:block; } body div#devskin7405315 .specs { background:#e5e5e5; padding:10px; text-shadow:none; } body div#devskin7405315 .right-half .shadow-holder { background:#f2f2f2; border:none; border-radius:10px; -moz-border-radius:10px; -webkit-border-radius:10px; box-shadow:0px 1px 4px #b2b2b2; -moz-box-shadow:0px 1px 4px #b2b2b2; -webkit-box-shadow:0px 1px 4px #b2b2b2; margin:0; padding:0; vertical-align:middle; } body div#devskin7405315 .right-half .shadow-holder .shadow { } body div#devskin7405315 .right-half .shadow-holder .shadow a.thumb.lit { height:240px; width:320px; border-radius:10px 10px 0 0; -moz-border-radius:10px 10px 0 0; -webkit-border-radius:10px 10px 0 0; } body div#devskin7405315 .right-half .shadow-holder .shadow a.thumb.lit img { display:none; } body div#devskin7405315 .right-half .shadow-holder a.thumb.lit .wrap q { } body div#devskin7405315 .right-half .shadow-holder a.thumb.lit .wrap q { font-size:13px; line-height:20px; margin:0; padding:20px; position:absolute; right:0; left:0; } body div#devskin7405315 .right-half .shadow-holder a.thumb.lit .wrap q strong { display:block; background:#4a5d4e; color:#98ab0a; text-shadow:#37413e 0px 1px 0px; font-weight:normal; font-size:16px; margin:-20px; margin-bottom:10px; padding:20px; transition:color 0.5s, box-shadow 0.5s; -moz-transition:color 0.5s, box-shadow 0.5s; -webkit-transition:color 0.5s, box-shadow 0.5s; -ms-transition:color 0.5s, box-shadow 0.5s; -o-transition:color 0.5s, box-shadow 0.5s; } body div#devskin7405315 .right-half .shadow-holder:hover { background:#FFFFFF; } body div#devskin7405315 .right-half .shadow-holder:hover a.thumb.lit .wrap q strong { color:#b4cc00; text-shadow:#37413e 0px 2px 1px; } /* ------------------------------ BUTTONS ------------------------------ */ body div#devskin7405315 .button a { background:#98ab0a url('https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/22307794/css/tricks/icon-journal.png') center no-repeat; background-position:10px; box-shadow:0px 1px 4px #b2b2b2; -moz-box-shadow:0px 1px 4px #b2b2b2; -webkit-box-shadow:0px 1px 4px #b2b2b2; color:#ffffff; font-weight:normal; font-size:16px; padding:10px 12px 10px 36px; text-shadow:#6b7807 0px -1px 0px; } body div#devskin7405315 .button a:hover { background:#a5b90f url('https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/22307794/css/tricks/icon-journal-hover.png') center left no-repeat; background-position:10px; color:#6b7807; text-shadow:#b6c54d 0px 1px 0px; } /* ------------------------------ BOXES ------------------------------ */ body div#devskin7405315 .tip, body div#devskin7405315 .tip-small { background:#f7e37c; box-shadow:0px 1px 4px #b2b2b2; -moz-box-shadow:0px 1px 4px #b2b2b2; -webkit-box-shadow:0px 1px 4px #b2b2b2; color:#404040; font-family:'Inconsolata', monospace; font-size:14px; padding:20px 20px 20px 50px; text-shadow:#fbf1be 0px 1px 0px; } body div#devskin7405315 .tip b { margin-left:-30px; } body div#devskin7405315 .tip strong { color:#404040; font-size:14px; } body div#devskin7405315 .tip i, body div#devskin7405315 .tip em { font-style:normal; } body div#devskin7405315 .tip i { color:#e5004d; } body div#devskin7405315 .tip em { color:#1717e5; } body div#devskin7405315 .tip u { background:#1717e5; color:#FFFFFF; text-decoration:none; padding:0 2px; text-shadow:none; } body div#devskin7405315 .tip-small { box-shadow:1px 1px 1px #b2b2b2; -moz-box-shadow:1px 1px 1px #b2b2b2; -webkit-box-shadow:1px 1px 1px #b2b2b2; display:inline-block; font-size:12px; margin-left:8px; padding:2px 4px; position:relative; top:-2px; float:right; text-align:right; z-index:10; } body div#devskin7405315 .tip-small::before { content:' '; border-top:solid 8px transparent; border-bottom:solid 8px transparent; border-right:solid 8px #f7e37c; position:absolute; left:-8px; top:4px; } body div#devskin7405315 .tip-small i { opacity:0; filter:alpha(opacity=0); _zoom:1; transition:opacity 0.5s ease; -moz-transition:opacity 0.5s ease; -webkit-transition:opacity 0.5s ease; -ms-transition:opacity 0.5s ease; -o-transition:opacity 0.5s ease; display:block; float:left; position:absolute; background:#f7e37c; font-size:0; right:-20px; bottom:0px; left:-900px; top:0px; } body div#devskin7405315 .tip-small:hover i { opacity:0.5; filter:alpha(opacity=50); _zoom:1; } body div#devskin7405315 .attention { background:#4a5d4e; color:#FFFFFF; border-radius:3px; -moz-border-radius:3px; -webkit-border-radius:3px; border-radius:3px; -moz-border-radius:3px; -webkit-border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0px 1px 4px #b2b2b2; -moz-box-shadow:0px 1px 4px #b2b2b2; -webkit-box-shadow:0px 1px 4px #b2b2b2; padding:20px; text-shadow:#000000 0px -1px 0px; font-size:14px; } body div#devskin7405315 .attention a:hover { color:#FFFFFF; } /* ------------------------------ PRO AND CONS ------------------------------ */ body div#devskin7405315 .procon { display:inline!important; } body div#devskin7405315 .pro, body div#devskin7405315 .con { display:inline; float:left; width:50%; } body div#devskin7405315 .text .procon .pro ul { list-style-image:url('https://dl.dropbox.com/u/22307794/css/img_li_plus.gif'); margin:10px 20px; padding:0px; } body div#devskin7405315 .text .procon .con ul { list-style-image:url('https://dl.dropbox.com/u/22307794/css/img_li_minus.gif'); margin:10px 20px; padding:0px; } /* ------------------------------ MOBILE ------------------------------ */ @media only screen and (max-width: 767px) { body div#devskin7405315 .footer a { margin:4px 0; display:block; } } /* ------------------------------ CODE EXAMPLES ------------------------------ */ body div#devskin7405315 .text blockquote { margin:0px; padding:24px 20px 15px 20px; color:#333333; font-family:monospace; font-size:12px; border:none; background:url(https://i451.photobucket.com/albums/qq231/pica-ae/img_blockquote.gif) #ffffff; box-shadow:0px 1px 4px #b2b2b2; -moz-box-shadow:0px 1px 4px #b2b2b2; -webkit-box-shadow:0px 1px 4px #b2b2b2; text-shadow:none; position:relative; overflow:hidden; } body div#devskin7405315 .text blockquote span { color:#1717e5; } body div#devskin7405315 .text blockquote p { margin:0px; padding:0px 20px; } body div#devskin7405315 .text blockquote p span { color:#e5004d; } body div#devskin7405315 .text blockquote i { color:#338033; font-style:normal; } body div#devskin7405315 .images { text-align:center; } body div#devskin7405315 .images img { box-shadow:0px 1px 4px #b2b2b2; -moz-box-shadow:0px 1px 4px #b2b2b2; -webkit-box-shadow:0px 1px 4px #b2b2b2; margin:5px; } /* ------------------------------ CODE EXAMPLE BOXES ------------------------------ */ body div#devskin7405315 .da-box { border:1px solid #a6b3a6; background:#dae4d9; border-radius:5px; -moz-border-radius:5px; -webkit-border-radius:5px; border-radius:5px; -moz-border-radius:5px; -webkit-border-radius:5px; padding:20px; font-family:Verdana; text-shadow:none; } body div#devskin7405315 .da-box h1, body div#devskin7405315 .da-box h2, body div#devskin7405315 .da-box h3, body div#devskin7405315 .da-box h4, body div#devskin7405315 .da-box h5, body div#devskin7405315 .da-box h6 { font-family:Verdana; } body div#devskin7405315 .da-box h1 { font-size:24px; } body div#devskin7405315 .da-box h2 { font-size:18px; } body div#devskin7405315 .da-box h3 { font-size:14px; } body div#devskin7405315 .da-box h4 { font-size:12px; } body div#devskin7405315 .da-box h5 { font-size:10px; } body div#devskin7405315 .da-box h6 { font-size:8px; } body div#devskin7405315 .da-box ul, body div#devskin7405315 .da-box ol { list-style-image:none; list-style-position:outside; margin:0 20px; padding:0; } body div#devskin7405315 .da-box p { display:block; margin:10px 0; } body div#devskin7405315 .da-box blockquote { margin:1em 0 1em 1em; padding:0.6em; border-left:5px solid #aaa; background:transparent; box-shadow:none; -moz-box-shadow:none; -webkit-box-shadow:none; font-family:Verdana; } body div#devskin7405315 .da-box a { color:#337287; font-weight:normal; text-shadow:none; } body div#devskin7405315 .custom-box { margin:auto; max-width:400px!important; background:#664d80; color:#ffffff; padding:20px; text-shadow:none; } /* -- Background Images -- */ body div#devskin7405315 .tiffany1, body div#devskin7405315 .tiffany2, body div#devskin7405315 .tiffany3 { padding:20px; margin:0 40px; text-shadow:none; } body div#devskin7405315 .tiffany1 { background-image:url('https://dl.dropbox.com/u/22307794/css/tricks/372031.png'); } body div#devskin7405315 .tiffany2 { background-color:#bde6d8; background-image:url('https://dl.dropbox.com/u/22307794/css/tricks/372031.png'); background-position:center; background-repeat:no-repeat; background-attachment:scroll; } body div#devskin7405315 .tiffany3 { background:#bde6d8 url('https://dl.dropbox.com/u/22307794/css/tricks/372031.png') center no-repeat scroll; } body div#devskin7405315 .imagepractice { display:inline-block; margin:20px 0px; } body div#devskin7405315 .imagepractice1, body div#devskin7405315 .imagepractice2, body div#devskin7405315 .imagepractice3, body div#devskin7405315 .imagepractice4, body div#devskin7405315 .imagepractice5, body div#devskin7405315 .imagepractice6 { background:#3d5266; padding:20px; margin:0 40px 0 0; text-shadow:none; color:#ffffff; float:left; max-width:45%; } body div#devskin7405315 .imagepractice1 { background:url('https://dl.dropbox.com/u/22307794/css/tricks/busy_image.png') top; } body div#devskin7405315 .imagepractice2 { background:url('https://dl.dropbox.com/u/22307794/css/tricks/busy_pattern.png') top; } body div#devskin7405315 .imagepractice3 { background:url('https://dl.dropbox.com/u/22307794/css/tricks/hardedge_gradient.png') top no-repeat #3d5266; } body div#devskin7405315 .imagepractice4 { background:url('https://dl.dropbox.com/u/22307794/css/tricks/texture_image.png') top no-repeat #3d5266; } body div#devskin7405315 .imagepractice5 { background:url('https://dl.dropbox.com/u/22307794/css/tricks/subtle_pattern.png'); } body div#devskin7405315 .imagepractice6 { background:url('https://dl.dropbox.com/u/22307794/css/tricks/softedge_gradient.png') top no-repeat #3d5266; } body div#devskin7405315 .welcome { background:#EFE7E1 url('https://dl.dropbox.com/u/22307794/css/tricks/welcome.png') no-repeat; background-position:center 20px; max-width:400px; margin:auto; padding:90px 20px 20px 20px; text-shadow:none; } body div#devskin7405315 .hlimage { background:#EFE7E1; max-width:400px; margin:auto; padding:20px; text-shadow:none; } body div#devskin7405315 .hlimage h1 { color:#332115; background:url('https://dl.dropbox.com/u/22307794/css/tricks/hlimage.png') center left no-repeat; font-family:'Alegreya', Georgia, Serif; padding:0 0 0 30px; } /* -- Fonts -- */ body div#devskin7405315 .websafefonts { background:deepskyblue url('https://dl.dropbox.com/u/22307794/css/tricks/websafefonts.jpg') no-repeat; box-shadow:0px 1px 4px #b2b2b2; -moz-box-shadow:0px 1px 4px #b2b2b2; -webkit-box-shadow:0px 1px 4px #b2b2b2; color:#ffffff; font-size:20px; line-height:30px; padding:20px 20px 20px 50%; text-shadow:none; } body div#devskin7405315 .font-arial { font-family:Arial; } body div#devskin7405315 .font-arial-black { font-family:Arial Black; } body div#devskin7405315 .font-courier-new { font-family:Courier New; } body div#devskin7405315 .font-georgia { font-family:Georgia; } body div#devskin7405315 .font-impact { font-family:Impact; } body div#devskin7405315 .font-lucida-grande { font-family:Lucida Grande; } body div#devskin7405315 .font-tahoma { font-family:Tahoma; } body div#devskin7405315 .font-times-new-roman { font-family:Times New Roman; } body div#devskin7405315 .font-trebuchet-ms { font-family:Trebucht MS; } body div#devskin7405315 .font-verdana { font-family:Verdana; } body div#devskin7405315 .fonthierarchy1 { font-family:'Rufina', Georgia, Serif; font-size:18px; padding:10px 0; } body div#devskin7405315 .fonthierarchy2 { font-family:Georgia, Serif; font-size:18px; padding:10px 0; } body div#devskin7405315 .fonthierarchy3 { font-family:Serif; font-size:18px; padding:10px 0; } body div#devskin7405315 .fonthierarchy4 { font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:18px; padding:10px 0; } body div#devskin7405315 .sans-serif { font-family:sans-serif; font-size:18px; } body div#devskin7405315 .serif { font-family:serif; font-size:18px; } body div#devskin7405315 .fantasy { font-family:fantasy; font-size:18px; } body div#devskin7405315 .cursive { font-family:cursive; font-size:18px; } body div#devskin7405315 .monospace { font-family:monospace; font-size:18px; } body div#devskin7405315 .fonts-text { padding:20px; text-shadow:none; background:#664d80; color:#ffffff; font-family:'Josefin Sans', Sans-serif; font-size:16px; font-weight:400; line-height:25px; } body div#devskin7405315 .fonts-text h1 { color:#ffffff; font-family:'Josefin Sans', Sans-serif; font-size:24px; font-style:italic; font-weight:100; letter-spacing:5px; text-align:right; text-transform:capitalize; } body div#devskin7405315 .fonts-text h2 { color:#ffffff; font-family:'Josefin Sans', Sans-serif; font-size:18px; font-weight:700; letter-spacing:-1px; text-decoration:underline; text-transform:uppercase; } /* -- Lists -- */ body div#devskin7405315 .list1, body div#devskin7405315 .list2, body div#devskin7405315 .list3, body div#devskin7405315 .list4 { background:#EFE7E1; color:#332115; max-width:400px; margin:auto; padding:20px 40px; text-shadow:none; } body div#devskin7405315 .list1 ul { padding:0; margin:0; list-style-type:circle; list-style-image:none; list-style-position:inside; } body div#devskin7405315 .list2 ol { padding:0; margin:0; list-style-type:upper-roman; list-style-image:none; list-style-position:outside; } body div#devskin7405315 .list3 ol { padding:0; margin:0 0 0 20px; list-style-type:lower-latin; list-style-image:none; list-style-position:outside; } body div#devskin7405315 .list4 ul { padding:0; margin:0; list-style-type:none; list-style-image:url('https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/22307794/css/tricks/list4_ul_img.png'); list-style-position:inside; } body div#devskin7405315 .listmenu, body div#devskin7405315 .listmenu a { text-shadow:none; margin:0px!important; padding:0px!important; } body div#devskin7405315 .listmenu ul { margin:0px; padding:0px; list-style:none; background:#ffffff; text-align:center; height:30px; } body div#devskin7405315 .listmenu ul li { display:inline-block; position:relative; margin:0px; padding:0px; } body div#devskin7405315 .listmenu li ul { position:absolute; left:0px; top:30px; display:none; margin:0px; padding:0px; } body div#devskin7405315 .listmenu ul li a { display:block; text-decoration:none; color:#fff; background:#17c3e5; height:30px; width:120px; text-align:center; line-height:30px; margin:0px; padding:0px; } body div#devskin7405315 .listmenu ul li a:hover { background:#369eb3; color:#fff; } body div#devskin7405315 .listmenu li:hover ul { display:block; } /* -- Before & After -- */ body div#devskin7405315 .da-box .i-ba { display:inline-block; } body div#devskin7405315 .da-box .i-ba:before, body div#devskin7405315 .da-box .i-ba:after { font-family:sans-serif; } body div#devskin7405315 .da-box .i-ba:before { content:' '; background:url('https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/22307794/css/tricks/guillemets-before.png') no-repeat; display:inline-block; height:6px; width:8px; } body div#devskin7405315 .da-box .i-ba:after { content:' '; background:url('https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/22307794/css/tricks/guillemets-after.png') no-repeat; display:inline-block; height:6px; width:8px; } body div#devskin7405315 .da-box .ba-list, body div#devskin7405315 .da-box .ba-image { margin:0; padding:0; } body div#devskin7405315 .da-box .ba-image h1 { color:#2864ff; font-size:18px; font-weight:bold; } body div#devskin7405315 .da-box .ba-image h1::before { content:' '; display:inline-block; background:url('https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/22307794/css/tricks/ba_image_cat_before.png') no-repeat; height:20px; width:12px; margin:0 4px -3px 0; padding:0; } body div#devskin7405315 .da-box .ba-image h1::after { content:' '; display:inline-block; background:url('https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/22307794/css/tricks/ba_image_cat_after.png') no-repeat; height:20px; width:12px; margin:0 0 -3px 4px; padding:0; } body div#devskin7405315 .da-box .ba-list ul { list-style-type:none; margin-left:14px; } body div#devskin7405315 .da-box .ba-list ul li::before { content:' '; display:block; float:left; background:#2864ff; height:8px; width:8px; margin:6px 6px 0 -14px; } body div#devskin7405315 .da-box .ba-arrow .button a { background:#2864FF; color:#FFFFFF; display:inline-block; height:40px; line-height:40px; padding:0 10px 0 10px; position:relative; box-shadow:none; -moz-box-shadow:none; -webkit-box-shadow:none; } body div#devskin7405315 .da-box .ba-arrow .button a::after { content:' '; background:transparent; border-top:solid transparent 20px; border-right:none; border-bottom:solid transparent 20px; border-left:solid #2864FF 20px; position:absolute; right:-20px; } body div#devskin7405315 .da-box .ba-arrow .button a:hover { background:#183d99; text-shadow:none; } body div#devskin7405315 .da-box .ba-arrow .button a:hover::after { border-left:solid #183d99 20px; } /* -- Shapes -- */ body div#devskin7405315 .no-box { background:transparent; text-shadow:none; } body div#devskin7405315 .no-box .shapes { position:relative; } body div#devskin7405315 .no-box .shapes .square, body div#devskin7405315 .no-box .shapes .rectangle, body div#devskin7405315 .no-box .shapes .rounded, body div#devskin7405315 .no-box .shapes .circle, body div#devskin7405315 .no-box .shapes .oval, body div#devskin7405315 .no-box .shapes .triangle, body div#devskin7405315 .no-box .shapes .candy, body div#devskin7405315 .no-box .shapes .diamond, body div#devskin7405315 .no-box .shapes .star8, body div#devskin7405315 .no-box .shapes .star12, body div#devskin7405315 .no-box .shapes .asterisk, body div#devskin7405315 .no-box .shapes .star6, body div#devskin7405315 .no-box .shapes .crescent-moon, body div#devskin7405315 .no-box .shapes .heart, body div#devskin7405315 .no-box .shapes .hexagon { background:MediumVioletRed; margin:0 auto; } body div#devskin7405315 .no-box .shapes .square { height:100px; width:100px; } body div#devskin7405315 .no-box .shapes .rectangle { height:100px; width:300px; } body div#devskin7405315 .no-box .shapes .rounded { border-radius:20px; -moz-border-radius:20px; -webkit-border-radius:20px; height:100px; width:300px; } body div#devskin7405315 .no-box .shapes .circle { border-radius:50px; -moz-border-radius:50px; -webkit-border-radius:50px; height:100px; width:100px; } body div#devskin7405315 .no-box .shapes .oval { border-radius:50%; -moz-border-radius:50%; -webkit-border-radius:50%; height:100px; width:300px; } body div#devskin7405315 .no-box .shapes .trapezoid { background:none; border-top:none; border-right:100px solid transparent; border-bottom:100px solid MediumVioletRed; border-left:50px solid transparent; width:100px; position:relative; left:200px; } body div#devskin7405315 .no-box .shapes .triangle { background:none; border-top:none; border-right:100px solid transparent; border-bottom:100px solid MediumVioletRed; border-left:100px solid transparent; display:inline-block; position:relative; left:200px; } body div#devskin7405315 .no-box .shapes .candy { height:50px; width:50px; position:relative; } body div#devskin7405315 .no-box .shapes .candy::before { content:' '; border-top:25px solid transparent; border-right:25px solid MediumVioletRed; border-bottom:25px solid transparent; border-left:25px solid MediumVioletRed; position:absolute; left:-50px; } body div#devskin7405315 .no-box .shapes .candy::after { content:' '; border-top:25px solid transparent; border-right:25px solid MediumVioletRed; border-bottom:25px solid transparent; border-left:25px solid MediumVioletRed; position:absolute; right:-50px; } body div#devskin7405315 .no-box .shapes .diamond { height:100px; width:100px; transform:rotate(45deg); -moz-transform:rotate(45deg); -webkit-transform:rotate(45deg); -ms-transform:rotate(45deg); -o-transform:rotate(45deg); } body div#devskin7405315 .no-box .shapes .star8 { height:100px; width:100px; } body div#devskin7405315 .no-box .shapes .star8::before { content:' '; display:block; background:MediumVioletRed; height:100px; width:100px; transform:rotate(45deg); -moz-transform:rotate(45deg); -webkit-transform:rotate(45deg); -ms-transform:rotate(45deg); -o-transform:rotate(45deg); } body div#devskin7405315 .no-box .shapes .star12 { height:100px; width:100px; position:relative; } body div#devskin7405315 .no-box .shapes .star12::before { content:' '; display:block; background:MediumVioletRed; height:100px; width:100px; transform:rotate(30deg); -moz-transform:rotate(30deg); -webkit-transform:rotate(30deg); -ms-transform:rotate(30deg); -o-transform:rotate(30deg); } body div#devskin7405315 .no-box .shapes .star12::after { content:' '; display:block; position:absolute; top:0; background:MediumVioletRed; height:100px; width:100px; transform:rotate(-30deg); -moz-transform:rotate(-30deg); -webkit-transform:rotate(-30deg); -ms-transform:rotate(-30deg); -o-transform:rotate(-30deg); } body div#devskin7405315 .no-box .shapes .slices { background:transparent; display:block; position:relative; left:240px; height:220px; overflow:hidden; } body div#devskin7405315 .no-box .shapes .slices .slice1, body div#devskin7405315 .no-box .shapes .slices .slice2, body div#devskin7405315 .no-box .shapes .slices .slice3, body div#devskin7405315 .no-box .shapes .slices .slice4 { height:100px; width:100px; display:inline-block; position:absolute; } body div#devskin7405315 .no-box .shapes .slices .slice1 { background:MediumVioletRed; border-radius:100px 0 0 0; -moz-border-radius:100px 0 0 0; -webkit-border-radius:100px 0 0 0; top:0; left:0; } body div#devskin7405315 .no-box .shapes .slices .slice2 { background:#7717e5; border-radius:0 100px 0 0; -moz-border-radius:0 100px 0 0; -webkit-border-radius:0 100px 0 0; top:0px; left:100px; } body div#devskin7405315 .no-box .shapes .slices .slice3 { background:#17aee5; border-radius:0 0 100px 0; -moz-border-radius:0 0 100px 0; -webkit-border-radius:0 0 100px 0; top:110px; left:110px; } body div#devskin7405315 .no-box .shapes .slices .slice4 { background:#17e525; border-radius:0 0 0 100px; -moz-border-radius:0 0 0 100px; -webkit-border-radius:0 0 0 100px; top:100px; left:0; } body div#devskin7405315 .no-box .shapes .asterisk { height:100px; width:20px; position:relative; } body div#devskin7405315 .no-box .shapes .asterisk::before { content:' '; display:block; background:MediumVioletRed; height:100px; width:20px; transform:rotate(60deg); -moz-transform:rotate(60deg); -webkit-transform:rotate(60deg); -ms-transform:rotate(60deg); -o-transform:rotate(60deg); } body div#devskin7405315 .no-box .shapes .asterisk::after { content:' '; display:block; position:absolute; top:0; background:MediumVioletRed; height:100px; width:20px; transform:rotate(-60deg); -moz-transform:rotate(-60deg); -webkit-transform:rotate(-60deg); -ms-transform:rotate(-60deg); -o-transform:rotate(-60deg); } body div#devskin7405315 .no-box .shapes .star6 { background:transparent; border-top:none; border-right:40px solid transparent; border-bottom:65px solid MediumVioletRed; border-left:40px solid transparent; display:inline-block; position:relative; left:260px; } body div#devskin7405315 .no-box .shapes .star6::before { content:' '; background:transparent; border-bottom:none; border-right:40px solid transparent; border-top:65px solid MediumVioletRed; border-left:40px solid transparent; display:block; position:absolute; top:20px; left:-40px; } body div#devskin7405315 .no-box .shapes .crescent-moon { border-radius:50px; -moz-border-radius:50px; -webkit-border-radius:50px; height:100px; width:100px; position:relative; transform:rotate(-30deg); -moz-transform:rotate(-30deg); -webkit-transform:rotate(-30deg); -ms-transform:rotate(-30deg); -o-transform:rotate(-30deg); } body div#devskin7405315 .no-box .shapes .crescent-moon::after { content:' '; background:url(https://i451.photobucket.com/albums/qq231/pica-ae/img_background.jpg) #f2f2f2; border-radius:50px; -moz-border-radius:50px; -webkit-border-radius:50px; display:inline-block; height:100px; width:100px; position:absolute; right:-20px; } body div#devskin7405315 .no-box .shapes .heart { background:MediumVioletRed; position:relative; height:80px; width:80px; transform:rotate(45deg); -moz-transform:rotate(45deg); -webkit-transform:rotate(45deg); -ms-transform:rotate(45deg); -o-transform:rotate(45deg); border-bottom-right-radius:5px; -moz-border-bottom-right-radius:5px; -webkit-border-bottom-right-radius:5px; } body div#devskin7405315 .no-box .shapes .heart::before, body div#devskin7405315 .heart::after { background:MediumVioletRed; width:80px; height:80px; border-radius:40px; -moz-border-radius:40px; -webkit-border-radius:40px; position:absolute; } body div#devskin7405315 .no-box .shapes .heart::before { content:' '; left:-40px; } body div#devskin7405315 .no-box .shapes .heart::after { content:' '; top:-40px; } body div#devskin7405315 .no-box .shapes .hexagon { height:100px; width:60px; position:relative; } body div#devskin7405315 .no-box .shapes .hexagon::before { content:' '; border-top:50px solid transparent; border-right:30px solid MediumVioletRed; border-bottom:50px solid transparent; position:absolute; left:-30px; } body div#devskin7405315 .no-box .shapes .hexagon::after { content:' '; border-top:50px solid transparent; border-bottom:50px solid transparent; border-left:30px solid MediumVioletRed; position:absolute; right:-30px; } body div#devskin7405315 .attention .border-frame { background:white; height:100px; width:200px; margin:0 auto; border-top:10px solid blue; border-right:10px solid red; border-bottom:10px solid yellow; border-left:10px solid green; } /* -- Journal break-down Part II - thumbs -- */ body div#devskin7405315 .thumb-structure, body div#devskin7405315 .thumb-default, body div#devskin7405315 .thumb-styled { text-align:center; } body div#devskin7405315 .thumb-structure .shadow-holder, body div#devskin7405315 .thumb-structure .shadow-holder .shadow, body div#devskin7405315 .thumb-structure .shadow-holder .shadow a.thumb, body div#devskin7405315 .thumb-structure .shadow-holder .shadow a.thumb img, body div#devskin7405315 .thumb-structure a.embedded-deviation, body div#devskin7405315 .thumb-structure a.embedded-deviation img, body div#devskin7405315 .thumb-structure .shadow-holder .shadow a.thumb img.lit, body div#devskin7405315 .thumb-structure .shadow-holder .shadow a.thumb wrap, body div#devskin7405315 .thumb-structure .shadow-holder .shadow a.thumb .wrap q, body div#devskin7405315 .thumb-structure .shadow-holder .shadow a.thumb .wrap q strong { background:transparent; border:1px solid #a6b3a6; font-family:'Inconsolata', monospace; font-size:11px; margin:20px!important; padding:0; position:relative; } body div#devskin7405315 .thumb-structure .shadow-holder { box-shadow:none; -moz-box-shadow:none; -webkit-box-shadow:none; } body div#devskin7405315 .thumb-structure .shadow-holder .shadow { } body div#devskin7405315 .thumb-structure .shadow-holder .shadow a.thumb { display:block; } body div#devskin7405315 .thumb-structure .shadow-holder .shadow a.thumb img { } body div#devskin7405315 .thumb-structure a.embedded-deviation { } body div#devskin7405315 .thumb-structure a.embedded-deviation img { width:93%; float:left; } body div#devskin7405315 .thumb-structure .shadow-holder .shadow a.thumb.lit { width:350px; } body div#devskin7405315 .thumb-structure .shadow-holder .shadow a.thumb img.lit { } body div#devskin7405315 .thumb-structure .shadow-holder .shadow a.thumb wrap { } body div#devskin7405315 .thumb-structure .shadow-holder .shadow a.thumb .wrap q { display:block; font-family:Verdana; padding:0 0 0 20px; width:280px; } body div#devskin7405315 .thumb-structure .shadow-holder .shadow a.thumb .wrap q strong { display:block; font-family:Verdana; font-weight:normal; margin:20px 10px 10px 0!important; padding:10px; } body div#devskin7405315 .thumb-structure .shadow-holder::before, body div#devskin7405315 .thumb-structure .shadow-holder .shadow::before, body div#devskin7405315 .thumb-structure .shadow-holder .shadow a.thumb::before, body div#devskin7405315 .thumb-structure .shadow-holder .shadow a.thumb img::before, body div#devskin7405315 .thumb-structure a.embedded-deviation::before, body div#devskin7405315 .thumb-structure .shadow-holder .shadow a.thumb wrap::before, body div#devskin7405315 .thumb-structure .shadow-holder .shadow a.thumb .wrap q::before, body div#devskin7405315 .thumb-structure .shadow-holder .shadow a.thumb .wrap q strong::before, body div#devskin7405315 .thumb-structure .shadow-holder .shadow a.thumb.lit::before { background:#1717e5; color:#FFFFFF; height:16px; line-height:16px; padding:0 2px; position:absolute; top:2px; left:2px; } body div#devskin7405315 .thumb-structure .shadow-holder .shadow a.thumb::after, body div#devskin7405315 .thumb-structure a.embedded-deviation::after { background:#1717e5; color:#FFFFFF; height:16px; line-height:16px; padding:0 2px; position:absolute; top:22px; left:22px; } body div#devskin7405315 .thumb-structure .shadow-holder::before { content:'.shadow-holder'; } body div#devskin7405315 .thumb-structure .shadow-holder .shadow::before { content:'.shadow'; } body div#devskin7405315 .thumb-structure .shadow-holder .shadow a.thumb::before { content:'a.thumb'; } body div#devskin7405315 .thumb-structure .shadow-holder .shadow a.thumb::after { content:'img'; } body div#devskin7405315 .thumb-structure .shadow-holder .shadow a.thumb img::before { content:'img'; } body div#devskin7405315 .thumb-structure .shadow-holder .shadow a.thumb.lit::before { content:'a.thumb.lit'; } body div#devskin7405315 .thumb-structure .shadow-holder .shadow a.thumb wrap::before { content:'wrap'; } body div#devskin7405315 .thumb-structure .shadow-holder .shadow a.thumb .wrap q::before { content:'q'; font-family:'Inconsolata', monospace; } body div#devskin7405315 .thumb-structure .shadow-holder .shadow a.thumb .wrap q strong::before { content:'strong'; font-family:'Inconsolata', monospace; } body div#devskin7405315 .thumb-structure a.embedded-deviation::before { content:'a.embedded-deviation'; } body div#devskin7405315 .thumb-structure a.embedded-deviation::after { content:'img'; } body div#devskin7405315 .thumb-default .shadow-holder { background:transparent; box-shadow:none; -moz-box-shadow:none; -webkit-box-shadow:none; display:inline-block; margin:0; padding:0; vertical-align:baseline; } body div#devskin7405315 .thumb-default .shadow-holder .shadow { background:transparent; background-position:center center; background-repeat:no-repeat; display:block; padding:3px 4px 5px; text-align:center; } body div#devskin7405315 .thumb-default .shadow-holder .shadow a.thumb img { position:static !important; max-width:100%; vertical-align:baseline; } body div#devskin7405315 .thumb-default .shadow-holder .shadow a.thumb.lit { background:url('https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/22307794/css/tricks/thumb-lit-bg.png') repeat-x; border:1px solid #FFFFFF; box-shadow:#c1c1c1 0px 1px 2px; -moz-box-shadow:#c1c1c1 0px 1px 2px; -webkit-box-shadow:#c1c1c1 0px 1px 2px; color:#222222 !important; display:inline-block; height:125px; margin:auto; overflow:hidden; position:relative !important; text-align:left; text-decoration:none !important; width:150px; } body div#devskin7405315 .thumb-default .shadow-holder .shadow a.thumb.lit img.lit { left:0 !important; position:absolute !important; top:0 !important; max-width:100%; vertical-align:baseline; } body div#devskin7405315 .thumb-default .shadow-holder .shadow a.lit img.journal { margin:4px 0 0 4px; } body div#devskin7405315 .thumb-default .shadow-holder .shadow a.thumb.lit wrap { display:block; } body div#devskin7405315 .thumb-default .shadow-holder .shadow a.thumb.lit .wrap q { cursor:pointer; font-family:Verdana; font-size:12px; left:26px; line-height:1.2em; min-height:0; padding-top:3px; position:absolute; right:4px; top:0; } body div#devskin7405315 .thumb-default .shadow-holder .shadow a.thumb.lit .wrap q strong:first-child { display:block; padding-bottom:6px; } body div#devskin7405315 .thumb-default .shadow-holder .shadow a.thumb.lit img:hover { opacity:1; filter:alpha(opacity=100); _zoom:1; } body div#devskin7405315 .thumb-styled .shadow-holder, body div#devskin7405315 .thumb-styled a.embedded-deviation { background:deepskyblue; border:1px solid powderblue; box-shadow:0px 1px 4px #526166; -moz-box-shadow:0px 1px 4px #526166; -webkit-box-shadow:0px 1px 4px #526166; margin:10px; padding:5px; vertical-align:middle; transition:all 0s; -moz-transition:all 0s; -webkit-transition:all 0s; -ms-transition:all 0s; -o-transition:all 0s; } body div#devskin7405315 .thumb-styled .shadow-holder .shadow { } body div#devskin7405315 .thumb-styled .shadow-holder .shadow a.thumb { } body div#devskin7405315 .thumb-styled .shadow-holder .shadow a.thumb img, body div#devskin7405315 .thumb-styled a.embedded-deviation img { vertical-align:middle; } body div#devskin7405315 .thumb-styled .shadow-holder:hover, body div#devskin7405315 .thumb-styled a.embedded-deviation:hover { background:steelblue; border:1px solid steelblue; box-shadow:0px 1px 8px #526166; -moz-box-shadow:0px 1px 8px #526166; -webkit-box-shadow:0px 1px 8px #526166; } body div#devskin7405315 .thumb-styled .shadow-holder .shadow a.thumb.lit { height:150px; width:200px; margin:-5px; } body div#devskin7405315 .thumb-styled .shadow-holder .shadow a.thumb.lit img { display:none; } body div#devskin7405315 .thumb-styled .shadow-holder .shadow a.thumb.lit .wrap { } body div#devskin7405315 .thumb-styled .shadow-holder .shadow a.thumb.lit .wrap q { color:#FFFFFF; font-family:Lato; font-size:13px; line-height:15px; margin:0; padding:5px; position:absolute; right:0; left:0; } body div#devskin7405315 .thumb-styled .shadow-holder .shadow a.thumb.lit .wrap q strong:first-child { display:block; background:powderblue; color:white; font-size:16px; line-height:20px; margin:-5px; padding:5px; 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Hello!
Another tutorial for news articles and journals on dA!This one is meant to help you add structure to your news articles (and personal journals) and thus enhance the reading experience for your audience.

I have already written a tutorial on the topic of HTML Literature , but only showcased what is possible there. It is almost the same as

This tutorial will try to explain why you should use additional HTML in your articles and how it helps improve their quality.

Also it turned out to be quite long, so skip to your liking.

For further reading please refer to CSS Tricks: Limiting .text width , which explains the necessity of limiting your text width.

Why is structure important?
Nobody likes reading a wall of text. If you look at an article and all you see is a grey blur, you might even be put off from reading the article. By breaking up the text, even with simple line breaks, you serve your content in smaller bits which are easier to digest. Or would you eat a whole turkey all at once? It is much better to have it in parts (Knowing my eating habits, this is a really bad metaphor >_>)

Think about how you want to serve the content to your readers.
Make it possible to easily scan the overall matter of what you wrote before starting to read. Viewers are more likely to start reading, when they can tell how long it will take them to read the article. A set of paragraphs is easier to calculate than a wall of text.

Here is the same amount of words body copy in two different versions.
Left: no structure except for manual line-breaks, right: headlines added to break up text.

Of course, using headlines inside your copy will make the space the text takes up appear longer. But since it comes in nice little chunks, it is far more inviting for the reader. More white space increases legibility and gives an overall more friendly appearance to your text. The thing is, your reader may not be interested in everything of your journal/news/tutorial. Adding intermissions and content related headlines will make it easier for a user to find the parts of your text he is interested in and not waste time reading things he already knows.

The way your text looks will influence the way people react to it!
A hard to read font or a huge wall of text may lead to the reader being left with a bad feeling after reading.
We all know that colors can influence how something is perceived. How composition can change the way a subject is seen in an artwork. But the same goes for fonts and for layout. Bad design choices can lead to people not "getting" you.

Let's jump from theory to praxis! This may get a bit dry, but I just want to cover all the ground in enabling you to write visually attractive journal entries.

The HTML that will help you structure your texts
The three main components of structuring texts are headlines , blockquotes and paragraphs . They all serve a different purpose and are meant to contain different lengths of text. You do not have to cling to their traditional purpose or layout, as you are free to apply any CSS of your liking to them.

All these three are available in any journal/news/literature/tutorial you can write in sta.sh and submit to deviantART without having access to Skins via a Premium Membership. Sooo … not being able to apply CSS to a journal is no excuse for a bad layout.

There is also an easy way that requires almost no HTML knowledge, thanks to sta.sh writer's Rich Editing Mode or the new journal entry page.

When writing your text in sta.sh or the journal writer, PLEASE do switch to HTML Mode when you add HTML! Staying in Rich Editing Mode may cause issues later on.

Headlines
You can use headlines in your journal entries by simply surrounding the headline with
the h1 tag
.
By default, there are 6 headlines sizes in HTML, ranging from
to
,
being the tallest and
being even smaller than a default body copy size. The are always coming in a strong weight of the font you choose.

This is how you would enter the headlines into your HTML.

This is going to be the biggest headline, 24px.

The second one is a bit smaller, 18px.

A medium headline size, 14px.

A smaller medium headline size, 12px.

You can see the difference now, 10px

And this finally is the smallest one, 8px.

And this is how they would look applied to the text.

This is going to be the biggest headline, 24px.
The second one is a bit smaller, 18px.
A medium headline size, 14px.
A smaller medium headline size, 12px.
You can see the difference now, 10px
And this finally is the smallest one, 8px.

You can control padding and margin of each headline via CSS. By default it can easily look wonky, but usually headlines would not follow upon each other like in the example but be used to break up blocks of copy.

Dolor sit amet.
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consetetur sadipscing elitr, sed diam nonumy eirmod tempor invidunt ut labore et dolore magna aliquyam erat, sed diam voluptua.

Olim erat dolor.
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consetetur sadipscing elitr, sed diam nonumy eirmod tempor invidunt ut labore et dolore magna aliquyam erat, sed diam voluptua. At vero eos et accusam et vivi.

Blockquotes
The purpose of blockquotes is to highlight a part of the body copy by doubling it, and by that quoting the text it is contained in. Opposed to headlines, blockquotes are supposed to highlight the content of your text, not to introduce a change of subject.

But since you are your own editor, you can put whatever text you want into a blockquote, it does not have to follow its traditional usage.

Common stylings for blockquotes are quotation marks, bigger font size than the body copy, indentation, opposed alignment, float or other means of highlighting.

Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consetetur sadipscing elitr, sed diam nonumy eirmod tempor invidunt ut labore et dolore magna aliquyam erat, sed diam voluptua. At vero eos et accusam et justo duo dolores et ea rebum. Stet clita kasd gubergren, no sea takimata sanctus est Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet.
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consetetur sadipscing elitr, sed diam nonumy eirmod.
Tempor invidunt ut labore et dolore magna aliquyam erat, sed diam voluptua. At vero eos et accusam et justo duo dolores et ea rebum. Stet clita kasd gubergren, no sea takimata sanctus est Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet.

Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consetetur sadipscing elitr, sed diam nonumy eirmod tempor invidunt ut labore et dolore magna aliquyam erat, sed diam voluptua. At vero eos et accusam et justo duo dolores et ea rebum. Stet clita kasd gubergren, no sea takimata sanctus est Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consetetur sadipscing elitr, sed diam nonumy eirmod. Tempor invidunt ut labore et dolore magna aliquyam erat, sed diam voluptua. At vero eos et accusam et justo duo dolores et ea rebum. Stet clita kasd gubergren, no sea takimata sanctus est Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet.

Paragraphs
Paragraphs are something most people who write a journal entry do naturally by manually entering two line breaks. In regular coding line breaks are not read and so would result in no break at all.

There are two ways to avoid this: using breaks [
] or paragraphs [
…
].
Breaks are simply coded line breaks, while paragraphs may appear more complex, but are way more powerful.

Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consetetur sadipscing elitr, sed diam nonumy eirmod tempor invidunt ut labore et dolore magna aliquyam erat, sed diam voluptua. At vero eos et accusam et justo duo dolores et ea rebum.
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consetetur sadipscing elitr, sed diam nonumy eirmod tempor invidunt ut labore et dolore magna aliquyam erat, sed diam voluptua. At vero eos et accusam et justo duo dolores et ea rebum.

Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consetetur sadipscing elitr, sed diam nonumy eirmod tempor invidunt ut labore et dolore magna aliquyam erat, sed diam voluptua. At vero eos et accusam et justo duo dolores et ea rebum.
Stet clita kasd gubergren, no sea takimata sanctus est Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consetetur sadipscing elitr, sed diam nonumy eirmod tempor invidunt ut labore et dolore magna aliquyam erat, sed diam voluptua.

Other options – Custom elements
You can create custom classes to further improve structure of your journals. Boxes of different background or font colors can break up a long text nicely. You can create custom boxes to be used as dividers between parts of text.

This requires a better knowledge of HTML and CSS, but you don't have to write complex code to improve the look of your texts. Nobody expects you to turn into a coding wizard, when all you really want is to make your texts easier approachable and better to digest.

The easy way
Too much HTML for you? Don't worry, you don't have to write your own HTML content. Simply use the Rich Editing options of sta.sh writer and manual line breaks to add structure to your journal text.
Headlines and Blockquotes are part of the standard formatting options, easily accesible by just clicking a button!

Easy, right?

Conclusion
The easier your text is to read, the better the reader will react to it.
Nobody enjoys reading a wall of text.
Give your text and your reader space to breathe!
Headlines, Blockquotes and Paragraphs are your friends.
Sta.sh and Journal Writer are easy to use and help you in adding structure.

If you are interested in a content focused approach on how to enhance your articles, please read Enhancing the quality of your journals by hq

If you have any questions, do not hesitate to ask

Happy writing

Have a suggestion?
Let me know in a comment or a note. I'd love to hear what you want to know and learn. With your input and suggestions this series can continue and grow.

Previous CSS Tricks
Limiting .text width Responsive dA? Background Images Article Layout Fonts and Text Basics Lists ::before and ::after Journal Breakdown Deviations in Journals

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position:absolute; background:#f7e37c; font-size:0; right:-20px; bottom:0px; left:-900px; top:0px; } body div#devskin7405315 .tip-small:hover i { opacity:0.5; filter:alpha(opacity=50); _zoom:1; } body div#devskin7405315 .attention { background:#4a5d4e; color:#FFFFFF; border-radius:3px; -moz-border-radius:3px; -webkit-border-radius:3px; border-radius:3px; -moz-border-radius:3px; -webkit-border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0px 1px 4px #b2b2b2; -moz-box-shadow:0px 1px 4px #b2b2b2; -webkit-box-shadow:0px 1px 4px #b2b2b2; padding:20px; text-shadow:#000000 0px -1px 0px; font-size:14px; } body div#devskin7405315 .attention a:hover { color:#FFFFFF; } /* ------------------------------ PRO AND CONS ------------------------------ */ body div#devskin7405315 .procon { display:inline!important; } body div#devskin7405315 .pro, body div#devskin7405315 .con { display:inline; float:left; width:50%; } body div#devskin7405315 .text .procon .pro ul { list-style-image:url('https://dl.dropbox.com/u/22307794/css/img_li_plus.gif'); margin:10px 20px; padding:0px; } body div#devskin7405315 .text .procon .con ul { list-style-image:url('https://dl.dropbox.com/u/22307794/css/img_li_minus.gif'); margin:10px 20px; padding:0px; } /* ------------------------------ MOBILE ------------------------------ */ @media only screen and (max-width: 767px) { body div#devskin7405315 .footer a { margin:4px 0; display:block; } } /* ------------------------------ CODE EXAMPLES ------------------------------ */ body div#devskin7405315 .text blockquote { margin:0px; padding:24px 20px 15px 20px; color:#333333; font-family:monospace; font-size:12px; border:none; background:url(https://i451.photobucket.com/albums/qq231/pica-ae/img_blockquote.gif) #ffffff; box-shadow:0px 1px 4px #b2b2b2; -moz-box-shadow:0px 1px 4px #b2b2b2; -webkit-box-shadow:0px 1px 4px #b2b2b2; text-shadow:none; position:relative; overflow:hidden; } body div#devskin7405315 .text blockquote span { color:#1717e5; } body div#devskin7405315 .text blockquote p { margin:0px; padding:0px 20px; } body div#devskin7405315 .text blockquote p span { color:#e5004d; } body div#devskin7405315 .text blockquote i { color:#338033; font-style:normal; } body div#devskin7405315 .images { text-align:center; } body div#devskin7405315 .images img { box-shadow:0px 1px 4px #b2b2b2; -moz-box-shadow:0px 1px 4px #b2b2b2; -webkit-box-shadow:0px 1px 4px #b2b2b2; margin:5px; } /* ------------------------------ CODE EXAMPLE BOXES ------------------------------ */ body div#devskin7405315 .da-box { border:1px solid #a6b3a6; background:#dae4d9; border-radius:5px; -moz-border-radius:5px; -webkit-border-radius:5px; border-radius:5px; -moz-border-radius:5px; -webkit-border-radius:5px; padding:20px; font-family:Verdana; text-shadow:none; } body div#devskin7405315 .da-box h1, body div#devskin7405315 .da-box h2, body div#devskin7405315 .da-box h3, body div#devskin7405315 .da-box h4, body div#devskin7405315 .da-box h5, body div#devskin7405315 .da-box h6 { font-family:Verdana; } body div#devskin7405315 .da-box h1 { font-size:24px; } body div#devskin7405315 .da-box h2 { font-size:18px; } body div#devskin7405315 .da-box h3 { font-size:14px; } body div#devskin7405315 .da-box h4 { font-size:12px; } body div#devskin7405315 .da-box h5 { font-size:10px; } body div#devskin7405315 .da-box h6 { font-size:8px; } body div#devskin7405315 .da-box ul, body div#devskin7405315 .da-box ol { list-style-image:none; list-style-position:outside; margin:0 20px; padding:0; } body div#devskin7405315 .da-box p { display:block; margin:10px 0; } body div#devskin7405315 .da-box blockquote { margin:1em 0 1em 1em; padding:0.6em; border-left:5px solid #aaa; background:transparent; box-shadow:none; -moz-box-shadow:none; -webkit-box-shadow:none; font-family:Verdana; } body div#devskin7405315 .da-box a { color:#337287; font-weight:normal; text-shadow:none; } body div#devskin7405315 .custom-box { margin:auto; max-width:400px!important; background:#664d80; color:#ffffff; padding:20px; text-shadow:none; } /* -- Background Images -- */ body div#devskin7405315 .tiffany1, body div#devskin7405315 .tiffany2, body div#devskin7405315 .tiffany3 { padding:20px; margin:0 40px; text-shadow:none; } body div#devskin7405315 .tiffany1 { background-image:url('https://dl.dropbox.com/u/22307794/css/tricks/372031.png'); } body div#devskin7405315 .tiffany2 { background-color:#bde6d8; background-image:url('https://dl.dropbox.com/u/22307794/css/tricks/372031.png'); background-position:center; background-repeat:no-repeat; background-attachment:scroll; } body div#devskin7405315 .tiffany3 { background:#bde6d8 url('https://dl.dropbox.com/u/22307794/css/tricks/372031.png') center no-repeat scroll; } body div#devskin7405315 .imagepractice { display:inline-block; margin:20px 0px; } body div#devskin7405315 .imagepractice1, body div#devskin7405315 .imagepractice2, body div#devskin7405315 .imagepractice3, body div#devskin7405315 .imagepractice4, body div#devskin7405315 .imagepractice5, body div#devskin7405315 .imagepractice6 { background:#3d5266; padding:20px; margin:0 40px 0 0; text-shadow:none; color:#ffffff; float:left; max-width:45%; } body div#devskin7405315 .imagepractice1 { background:url('https://dl.dropbox.com/u/22307794/css/tricks/busy_image.png') top; } body div#devskin7405315 .imagepractice2 { background:url('https://dl.dropbox.com/u/22307794/css/tricks/busy_pattern.png') top; } body div#devskin7405315 .imagepractice3 { background:url('https://dl.dropbox.com/u/22307794/css/tricks/hardedge_gradient.png') top no-repeat #3d5266; } body div#devskin7405315 .imagepractice4 { background:url('https://dl.dropbox.com/u/22307794/css/tricks/texture_image.png') top no-repeat #3d5266; } body div#devskin7405315 .imagepractice5 { background:url('https://dl.dropbox.com/u/22307794/css/tricks/subtle_pattern.png'); } body div#devskin7405315 .imagepractice6 { background:url('https://dl.dropbox.com/u/22307794/css/tricks/softedge_gradient.png') top no-repeat #3d5266; } body div#devskin7405315 .welcome { background:#EFE7E1 url('https://dl.dropbox.com/u/22307794/css/tricks/welcome.png') no-repeat; background-position:center 20px; max-width:400px; margin:auto; padding:90px 20px 20px 20px; text-shadow:none; } body div#devskin7405315 .hlimage { background:#EFE7E1; max-width:400px; margin:auto; padding:20px; text-shadow:none; } body div#devskin7405315 .hlimage h1 { color:#332115; background:url('https://dl.dropbox.com/u/22307794/css/tricks/hlimage.png') center left no-repeat; font-family:'Alegreya', Georgia, Serif; padding:0 0 0 30px; } /* -- Fonts -- */ body div#devskin7405315 .websafefonts { background:deepskyblue url('https://dl.dropbox.com/u/22307794/css/tricks/websafefonts.jpg') no-repeat; box-shadow:0px 1px 4px #b2b2b2; -moz-box-shadow:0px 1px 4px #b2b2b2; -webkit-box-shadow:0px 1px 4px #b2b2b2; color:#ffffff; font-size:20px; line-height:30px; padding:20px 20px 20px 50%; text-shadow:none; } body div#devskin7405315 .font-arial { font-family:Arial; } body div#devskin7405315 .font-arial-black { font-family:Arial Black; } body div#devskin7405315 .font-courier-new { font-family:Courier New; } body div#devskin7405315 .font-georgia { font-family:Georgia; } body div#devskin7405315 .font-impact { font-family:Impact; } body div#devskin7405315 .font-lucida-grande { font-family:Lucida Grande; } body div#devskin7405315 .font-tahoma { font-family:Tahoma; } body div#devskin7405315 .font-times-new-roman { font-family:Times New Roman; } body div#devskin7405315 .font-trebuchet-ms { font-family:Trebucht MS; } body div#devskin7405315 .font-verdana { font-family:Verdana; } body div#devskin7405315 .fonthierarchy1 { font-family:'Rufina', Georgia, Serif; font-size:18px; padding:10px 0; } body div#devskin7405315 .fonthierarchy2 { font-family:Georgia, Serif; font-size:18px; padding:10px 0; } body div#devskin7405315 .fonthierarchy3 { font-family:Serif; font-size:18px; padding:10px 0; } body div#devskin7405315 .fonthierarchy4 { font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:18px; padding:10px 0; } body div#devskin7405315 .sans-serif { font-family:sans-serif; font-size:18px; } body div#devskin7405315 .serif { font-family:serif; font-size:18px; } body div#devskin7405315 .fantasy { font-family:fantasy; font-size:18px; } body div#devskin7405315 .cursive { font-family:cursive; font-size:18px; } body div#devskin7405315 .monospace { font-family:monospace; font-size:18px; } body div#devskin7405315 .fonts-text { padding:20px; text-shadow:none; background:#664d80; color:#ffffff; font-family:'Josefin Sans', Sans-serif; font-size:16px; font-weight:400; line-height:25px; } body div#devskin7405315 .fonts-text h1 { color:#ffffff; font-family:'Josefin Sans', Sans-serif; font-size:24px; font-style:italic; font-weight:100; letter-spacing:5px; text-align:right; text-transform:capitalize; } body div#devskin7405315 .fonts-text h2 { color:#ffffff; font-family:'Josefin Sans', Sans-serif; font-size:18px; font-weight:700; letter-spacing:-1px; text-decoration:underline; text-transform:uppercase; } /* -- Lists -- */ body div#devskin7405315 .list1, body div#devskin7405315 .list2, body div#devskin7405315 .list3, body div#devskin7405315 .list4 { background:#EFE7E1; color:#332115; max-width:400px; margin:auto; padding:20px 40px; text-shadow:none; } body div#devskin7405315 .list1 ul { padding:0; margin:0; list-style-type:circle; list-style-image:none; list-style-position:inside; } body div#devskin7405315 .list2 ol { padding:0; margin:0; list-style-type:upper-roman; list-style-image:none; list-style-position:outside; } body div#devskin7405315 .list3 ol { padding:0; margin:0 0 0 20px; list-style-type:lower-latin; list-style-image:none; list-style-position:outside; } body div#devskin7405315 .list4 ul { padding:0; margin:0; list-style-type:none; list-style-image:url('https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/22307794/css/tricks/list4_ul_img.png'); list-style-position:inside; } body div#devskin7405315 .listmenu, body div#devskin7405315 .listmenu a { text-shadow:none; margin:0px!important; padding:0px!important; } body div#devskin7405315 .listmenu ul { margin:0px; padding:0px; list-style:none; background:#ffffff; text-align:center; height:30px; } body div#devskin7405315 .listmenu ul li { display:inline-block; position:relative; margin:0px; padding:0px; } body div#devskin7405315 .listmenu li ul { position:absolute; left:0px; top:30px; display:none; margin:0px; padding:0px; } body div#devskin7405315 .listmenu ul li a { display:block; text-decoration:none; color:#fff; background:#17c3e5; height:30px; width:120px; text-align:center; line-height:30px; margin:0px; padding:0px; } body div#devskin7405315 .listmenu ul li a:hover { background:#369eb3; color:#fff; } body div#devskin7405315 .listmenu li:hover ul { display:block; } /* -- Before & After -- */ body div#devskin7405315 .da-box .i-ba { display:inline-block; } body div#devskin7405315 .da-box .i-ba:before, body div#devskin7405315 .da-box .i-ba:after { font-family:sans-serif; } body div#devskin7405315 .da-box .i-ba:before { content:' '; background:url('https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/22307794/css/tricks/guillemets-before.png') no-repeat; display:inline-block; height:6px; width:8px; } body div#devskin7405315 .da-box .i-ba:after { content:' '; background:url('https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/22307794/css/tricks/guillemets-after.png') no-repeat; display:inline-block; height:6px; width:8px; } body div#devskin7405315 .da-box .ba-list, body div#devskin7405315 .da-box .ba-image { margin:0; padding:0; } body div#devskin7405315 .da-box .ba-image h1 { color:#2864ff; font-size:18px; font-weight:bold; } body div#devskin7405315 .da-box .ba-image h1::before { content:' '; display:inline-block; background:url('https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/22307794/css/tricks/ba_image_cat_before.png') no-repeat; height:20px; width:12px; margin:0 4px -3px 0; padding:0; } body div#devskin7405315 .da-box .ba-image h1::after { content:' '; display:inline-block; background:url('https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/22307794/css/tricks/ba_image_cat_after.png') no-repeat; height:20px; width:12px; margin:0 0 -3px 4px; padding:0; } body div#devskin7405315 .da-box .ba-list ul { list-style-type:none; margin-left:14px; } body div#devskin7405315 .da-box .ba-list ul li::before { content:' '; display:block; float:left; background:#2864ff; height:8px; width:8px; margin:6px 6px 0 -14px; } body div#devskin7405315 .da-box .ba-arrow .button a { background:#2864FF; color:#FFFFFF; display:inline-block; height:40px; line-height:40px; padding:0 10px 0 10px; position:relative; box-shadow:none; -moz-box-shadow:none; -webkit-box-shadow:none; } body div#devskin7405315 .da-box .ba-arrow .button a::after { content:' '; background:transparent; border-top:solid transparent 20px; border-right:none; border-bottom:solid transparent 20px; border-left:solid #2864FF 20px; position:absolute; right:-20px; } body div#devskin7405315 .da-box .ba-arrow .button a:hover { background:#183d99; text-shadow:none; } body div#devskin7405315 .da-box .ba-arrow .button a:hover::after { border-left:solid #183d99 20px; } /* -- Shapes -- */ body div#devskin7405315 .no-box { background:transparent; text-shadow:none; } body div#devskin7405315 .no-box .shapes { position:relative; } body div#devskin7405315 .no-box .shapes .square, body div#devskin7405315 .no-box .shapes .rectangle, body div#devskin7405315 .no-box .shapes .rounded, body div#devskin7405315 .no-box .shapes .circle, body div#devskin7405315 .no-box .shapes .oval, body div#devskin7405315 .no-box .shapes .triangle, body div#devskin7405315 .no-box .shapes .candy, body div#devskin7405315 .no-box .shapes .diamond, body div#devskin7405315 .no-box .shapes .star8, body div#devskin7405315 .no-box .shapes .star12, body div#devskin7405315 .no-box .shapes .asterisk, body div#devskin7405315 .no-box .shapes .star6, body div#devskin7405315 .no-box .shapes .crescent-moon, body div#devskin7405315 .no-box .shapes .heart, body div#devskin7405315 .no-box .shapes .hexagon { background:MediumVioletRed; margin:0 auto; } body div#devskin7405315 .no-box .shapes .square { height:100px; width:100px; } body div#devskin7405315 .no-box .shapes .rectangle { height:100px; width:300px; } body div#devskin7405315 .no-box .shapes .rounded { border-radius:20px; -moz-border-radius:20px; -webkit-border-radius:20px; height:100px; width:300px; } body div#devskin7405315 .no-box .shapes .circle { border-radius:50px; -moz-border-radius:50px; -webkit-border-radius:50px; height:100px; width:100px; } body div#devskin7405315 .no-box .shapes .oval { border-radius:50%; -moz-border-radius:50%; -webkit-border-radius:50%; height:100px; width:300px; } body div#devskin7405315 .no-box .shapes .trapezoid { background:none; border-top:none; border-right:100px solid transparent; border-bottom:100px solid MediumVioletRed; border-left:50px solid transparent; width:100px; position:relative; left:200px; } body div#devskin7405315 .no-box .shapes .triangle { background:none; border-top:none; border-right:100px solid transparent; border-bottom:100px solid MediumVioletRed; border-left:100px solid transparent; display:inline-block; position:relative; left:200px; } body div#devskin7405315 .no-box .shapes .candy { height:50px; width:50px; position:relative; } body div#devskin7405315 .no-box .shapes .candy::before { content:' '; border-top:25px solid transparent; border-right:25px solid MediumVioletRed; border-bottom:25px solid transparent; border-left:25px solid MediumVioletRed; position:absolute; left:-50px; } body div#devskin7405315 .no-box .shapes .candy::after { content:' '; border-top:25px solid transparent; border-right:25px solid MediumVioletRed; border-bottom:25px solid transparent; border-left:25px solid MediumVioletRed; position:absolute; right:-50px; } body div#devskin7405315 .no-box .shapes .diamond { height:100px; width:100px; transform:rotate(45deg); -moz-transform:rotate(45deg); -webkit-transform:rotate(45deg); -ms-transform:rotate(45deg); -o-transform:rotate(45deg); } body div#devskin7405315 .no-box .shapes .star8 { height:100px; width:100px; } body div#devskin7405315 .no-box .shapes .star8::before { content:' '; display:block; background:MediumVioletRed; height:100px; width:100px; transform:rotate(45deg); -moz-transform:rotate(45deg); -webkit-transform:rotate(45deg); -ms-transform:rotate(45deg); -o-transform:rotate(45deg); } body div#devskin7405315 .no-box .shapes .star12 { height:100px; width:100px; position:relative; } body div#devskin7405315 .no-box .shapes .star12::before { content:' '; display:block; background:MediumVioletRed; height:100px; width:100px; transform:rotate(30deg); -moz-transform:rotate(30deg); -webkit-transform:rotate(30deg); -ms-transform:rotate(30deg); -o-transform:rotate(30deg); } body div#devskin7405315 .no-box .shapes .star12::after { content:' '; display:block; position:absolute; top:0; background:MediumVioletRed; height:100px; width:100px; transform:rotate(-30deg); -moz-transform:rotate(-30deg); -webkit-transform:rotate(-30deg); -ms-transform:rotate(-30deg); -o-transform:rotate(-30deg); } body div#devskin7405315 .no-box .shapes .slices { background:transparent; display:block; position:relative; left:240px; height:220px; overflow:hidden; } body div#devskin7405315 .no-box .shapes .slices .slice1, body div#devskin7405315 .no-box .shapes .slices .slice2, body div#devskin7405315 .no-box .shapes .slices .slice3, body div#devskin7405315 .no-box .shapes .slices .slice4 { height:100px; width:100px; display:inline-block; position:absolute; } body div#devskin7405315 .no-box .shapes .slices .slice1 { background:MediumVioletRed; border-radius:100px 0 0 0; -moz-border-radius:100px 0 0 0; -webkit-border-radius:100px 0 0 0; top:0; left:0; } body div#devskin7405315 .no-box .shapes .slices .slice2 { background:#7717e5; border-radius:0 100px 0 0; -moz-border-radius:0 100px 0 0; -webkit-border-radius:0 100px 0 0; top:0px; left:100px; } body div#devskin7405315 .no-box .shapes .slices .slice3 { background:#17aee5; border-radius:0 0 100px 0; -moz-border-radius:0 0 100px 0; -webkit-border-radius:0 0 100px 0; 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Hello!
Another tutorial for news articles and journals on dA!This one is meant to help you add structure to your news articles (and personal journals) and thus enhance the reading experience for your audience.

I have already written a tutorial on the topic of HTML Literature , but only showcased what is possible there. It is almost the same as

This tutorial will try to explain why you should use additional HTML in your articles and how it helps improve their quality.

Also it turned out to be quite long, so skip to your liking.

For further reading please refer to CSS Tricks: Limiting .text width , which explains the necessity of limiting your text width.

Why is structure important?
Nobody likes reading a wall of text. If you look at an article and all you see is a grey blur, you might even be put off from reading the article. By breaking up the text, even with simple line breaks, you serve your content in smaller bits which are easier to digest. Or would you eat a whole turkey all at once? It is much better to have it in parts (Knowing my eating habits, this is a really bad metaphor >_>)

Think about how you want to serve the content to your readers.
Make it possible to easily scan the overall matter of what you wrote before starting to read. Viewers are more likely to start reading, when they can tell how long it will take them to read the article. A set of paragraphs is easier to calculate than a wall of text.

Here is the same amount of words body copy in two different versions.
Left: no structure except for manual line-breaks, right: headlines added to break up text.

Of course, using headlines inside your copy will make the space the text takes up appear longer. But since it comes in nice little chunks, it is far more inviting for the reader. More white space increases legibility and gives an overall more friendly appearance to your text. The thing is, your reader may not be interested in everything of your journal/news/tutorial. Adding intermissions and content related headlines will make it easier for a user to find the parts of your text he is interested in and not waste time reading things he already knows.

The way your text looks will influence the way people react to it!
A hard to read font or a huge wall of text may lead to the reader being left with a bad feeling after reading.
We all know that colors can influence how something is perceived. How composition can change the way a subject is seen in an artwork. But the same goes for fonts and for layout. Bad design choices can lead to people not "getting" you.

Let's jump from theory to praxis! This may get a bit dry, but I just want to cover all the ground in enabling you to write visually attractive journal entries.

The HTML that will help you structure your texts
The three main components of structuring texts are headlines , blockquotes and paragraphs . They all serve a different purpose and are meant to contain different lengths of text. You do not have to cling to their traditional purpose or layout, as you are free to apply any CSS of your liking to them.

All these three are available in any journal/news/literature/tutorial you can write in sta.sh and submit to deviantART without having access to Skins via a Premium Membership. Sooo … not being able to apply CSS to a journal is no excuse for a bad layout.

There is also an easy way that requires almost no HTML knowledge, thanks to sta.sh writer's Rich Editing Mode or the new journal entry page.

When writing your text in sta.sh or the journal writer, PLEASE do switch to HTML Mode when you add HTML! Staying in Rich Editing Mode may cause issues later on.

Headlines
You can use headlines in your journal entries by simply surrounding the headline with
the h1 tag
.
By default, there are 6 headlines sizes in HTML, ranging from
to
,
being the tallest and
being even smaller than a default body copy size. The are always coming in a strong weight of the font you choose.

This is how you would enter the headlines into your HTML.

This is going to be the biggest headline, 24px.

The second one is a bit smaller, 18px.

A medium headline size, 14px.

A smaller medium headline size, 12px.

You can see the difference now, 10px

And this finally is the smallest one, 8px.

And this is how they would look applied to the text.

This is going to be the biggest headline, 24px.
The second one is a bit smaller, 18px.
A medium headline size, 14px.
A smaller medium headline size, 12px.
You can see the difference now, 10px
And this finally is the smallest one, 8px.

You can control padding and margin of each headline via CSS. By default it can easily look wonky, but usually headlines would not follow upon each other like in the example but be used to break up blocks of copy.

Dolor sit amet.
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consetetur sadipscing elitr, sed diam nonumy eirmod tempor invidunt ut labore et dolore magna aliquyam erat, sed diam voluptua.

Olim erat dolor.
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consetetur sadipscing elitr, sed diam nonumy eirmod tempor invidunt ut labore et dolore magna aliquyam erat, sed diam voluptua. At vero eos et accusam et vivi.

Blockquotes
The purpose of blockquotes is to highlight a part of the body copy by doubling it, and by that quoting the text it is contained in. Opposed to headlines, blockquotes are supposed to highlight the content of your text, not to introduce a change of subject.

But since you are your own editor, you can put whatever text you want into a blockquote, it does not have to follow its traditional usage.

Common stylings for blockquotes are quotation marks, bigger font size than the body copy, indentation, opposed alignment, float or other means of highlighting.

Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consetetur sadipscing elitr, sed diam nonumy eirmod tempor invidunt ut labore et dolore magna aliquyam erat, sed diam voluptua. At vero eos et accusam et justo duo dolores et ea rebum. Stet clita kasd gubergren, no sea takimata sanctus est Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet.
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consetetur sadipscing elitr, sed diam nonumy eirmod.
Tempor invidunt ut labore et dolore magna aliquyam erat, sed diam voluptua. At vero eos et accusam et justo duo dolores et ea rebum. Stet clita kasd gubergren, no sea takimata sanctus est Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet.

Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consetetur sadipscing elitr, sed diam nonumy eirmod tempor invidunt ut labore et dolore magna aliquyam erat, sed diam voluptua. At vero eos et accusam et justo duo dolores et ea rebum. Stet clita kasd gubergren, no sea takimata sanctus est Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consetetur sadipscing elitr, sed diam nonumy eirmod. Tempor invidunt ut labore et dolore magna aliquyam erat, sed diam voluptua. At vero eos et accusam et justo duo dolores et ea rebum. Stet clita kasd gubergren, no sea takimata sanctus est Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet.

Paragraphs
Paragraphs are something most people who write a journal entry do naturally by manually entering two line breaks. In regular coding line breaks are not read and so would result in no break at all.

There are two ways to avoid this: using breaks [
] or paragraphs [
…
].
Breaks are simply coded line breaks, while paragraphs may appear more complex, but are way more powerful.

Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consetetur sadipscing elitr, sed diam nonumy eirmod tempor invidunt ut labore et dolore magna aliquyam erat, sed diam voluptua. At vero eos et accusam et justo duo dolores et ea rebum.
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consetetur sadipscing elitr, sed diam nonumy eirmod tempor invidunt ut labore et dolore magna aliquyam erat, sed diam voluptua. At vero eos et accusam et justo duo dolores et ea rebum.

Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consetetur sadipscing elitr, sed diam nonumy eirmod tempor invidunt ut labore et dolore magna aliquyam erat, sed diam voluptua. At vero eos et accusam et justo duo dolores et ea rebum.
Stet clita kasd gubergren, no sea takimata sanctus est Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consetetur sadipscing elitr, sed diam nonumy eirmod tempor invidunt ut labore et dolore magna aliquyam erat, sed diam voluptua.

Other options – Custom elements
You can create custom classes to further improve structure of your journals. Boxes of different background or font colors can break up a long text nicely. You can create custom boxes to be used as dividers between parts of text.

This requires a better knowledge of HTML and CSS, but you don't have to write complex code to improve the look of your texts. Nobody expects you to turn into a coding wizard, when all you really want is to make your texts easier approachable and better to digest.

The easy way
Too much HTML for you? Don't worry, you don't have to write your own HTML content. Simply use the Rich Editing options of sta.sh writer and manual line breaks to add structure to your journal text.
Headlines and Blockquotes are part of the standard formatting options, easily accesible by just clicking a button!

Easy, right?

Conclusion
The easier your text is to read, the better the reader will react to it.
Nobody enjoys reading a wall of text.
Give your text and your reader space to breathe!
Headlines, Blockquotes and Paragraphs are your friends.
Sta.sh and Journal Writer are easy to use and help you in adding structure.

If you are interested in a content focused approach on how to enhance your articles, please read Enhancing the quality of your journals by hq

If you have any questions, do not hesitate to ask

Happy writing

Have a suggestion?
Let me know in a comment or a note. I'd love to hear what you want to know and learn. With your input and suggestions this series can continue and grow.

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