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I Shot the Serif
Example: A Terry Pratchett Novel
In this example, an attempt is made to faithfully reproduce a piece
of one of Terry Pratchett's novels. As with most novels, the
paragraphs are close together (never mind how we do that for now) and
have a small indent on the first line, which is specified using the
text-indent property. They are also justified, using the
text-align property. When Death speaks, his words are
rendered in a bold Gothic font (font-weight and
font-family) in uppercase (using
text-transform). Some more properties that I haven't
told you about yet make the whole text narrow, as if it was a page
from a book. The stylesheet and document are the following:
BODY { background-color: white; color: black; }
DIV { width: 13cm; align: center; }
P {
/* Indent and justify paragraphs, novel-style */
text-indent: 2ex;
text-align: justify;
margin: 0;
}
.death {
/* Death always speaks in bold Gothic small caps,
but we'll settle for uppercase */
text-transform: uppercase;
font-weight: bold;
font-family: Gothic, fantasy;
}
P.source {
/* Right-align the name of the source */
text-indent: 0;
text-align: right;
width: 13cm; align: center;
margin-top: 0.5em; margin-left: 0.5cm;
}
CITE {
/* Italicize the title */
text-style: italic;
}
<DIV>
<P><SPAN CLASS="death">Rincewind?</SPAN> Death said,
in tones as deep and heavy as the slamming of leaden
doors, far underground.</P>
<P>'Um,' said Rincewind, trying to back
away from that eyeless stare.</P>
<P><SPAN CLASS="death">But why are you here?</SPAN>
(Boom, boom went crypt lids, in the worm-haunted
fastnesses under old mountains...)</P>
<P>'Um, why not?' said Rincewind. 'Anyway, I'm sure
you've got lots to do, so if you'll just-'</P>
<P><SPAN CLASS="death">I was surprised that you
jostled me, Rincewind, for I have an appointment
with thee this very night.</SPAN></P>
<P>'Oh no, not-'</P>
<P><SPAN CLASS="death">Of course, what's so bloody
vexing about the whole business is that I was
expecting to meet thee in Psephopolis.</SPAN></P>
<P>'But that's five hundred miles away!'</P>
<P><SPAN CLASS="death">You don't have to tell me,
the whole system's got screwed up again. Look,
there's no chance of you-?</SPAN></P>
<P>Rincewind backed away, hands spread
protectively in front of him. The dried fish
salesman on a nearby stall watched this madman
with interest.</P>
<P>'Not a chance!'</P>
<P><SPAN CLASS="death">I could lend you a
very fast horse.</SPAN></P>
<P>'No!'</P>
<P><SPAN CLASS="death">It won't hurt a bit.</SPAN></P>
<P>'No!' Rincewind turned and ran.
Death watched him go, and shrugged bitterly.</P>
<P CLASS="source">- Terry Pratchett, <CITE>The
Colour of Magic</CITE></P>
</DIV>
