<h1>Overskrift</h1>
<font size=18pt color=red>Overskrift</font>
h1 { 
  font-size: 16pt;
  color: red;
  text-align: center;
}
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
| GIF, PNG | private XML vocabulary | XSL-FO | HTML | MathML | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| application- specific semantics? | no | no | no | no | no | yes | 
| device-independent? | no | no | no | no | yes | yes | 
| roles known? | no | no | no | no | yes | yes | 
| text in logical order? | unknown | unknown | no | yes | yes | yes | 
| reflow possible? | no | unknown | no | yes | yes | yes | 
| scalable? | no | unknown | yes | yes | yes | yes | 
| text machine-readable? | no | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | 
| text human-readable? | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | 
<body> <h1>Overskrift</h1> </body>
| a syntax | h1 { font-size: 12px } | 
| selectors | h1 { font-size: 12px } | 
| properties | h1 { font-size: 12px } | 
| values and units | h1 { font-size: 12px } | 
| a value propagation system | body { font-size: 12px } | 
| a formatting model | Overskrift | 
| 1987-1997 | FOSI | 
| 1986-1996 | DSSSL | 
| 1994 | P94 | 
| 1993 | Robert Raisch's proposal | 
| 1993 | Pei Wei's proposal | 
| 1993 | Steve Heaney's proposal | 
| 1994 | Cascading HTML Style Sheets | 
| 1994 | Joe English's proposal | 
| 1994 | Sketch of Simple Formatting Primitives | 
| 1994 | DSSSL Lite | 
| 1995 | Stream-based style sheet proposal | 
| 1996 | PSL96 | 
| h1 { font-size: 20pt } | <e-i-c gi="h1"> <charlist> <font inherit="1" size="20pt"> </charlist> </e-i-c> | 
| (element h1
  (make paragraph
      font-size: 20pt))
 | h1: Size: 20 pt; | 
The hypothesis is that the web calls for different style sheet languages than does traditional electronic publishing.
| web characteristic | corresponding requirements | 
|---|---|
| later binding | stream-based style sheets | 
| screen-centric publishing | screen-based properties, values and units | 
| shared author/user influence | negotiation between conflicting stylistic preferences | 
| multiple outputs | media-specific style sheets | 
| hyperlinked documents | link styling | 
| uncertain delivery | robustness |