Blue-sky printing
There are many reasons for using Prince. We will show you 8.
one:
JavaScript
Prince
supports
JavaScript
so
that
programmers
can
achieve
effects
not
possible
in
HTML
and
CSS
along.
For
example,
this
document
has
a
small
script
that
au-
tomatically generates a table of contents:
JavaScript
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1
More JavaScript
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1
CSS3 columns
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1
Styling pages
................
1
CSS3 transforms
..........
1
Background images
.....
2
CSS3 selectors
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2
More transforms
.........
2
tw o:
Mor e JavaScript
This
document
l ists
8
numbered
features.
Notice
t hat
t he
first
t hree
features
are
numbered
wit h
spelled-out
numbers,
while
t he
rest
use
d igits.
This
is
achi eved
wit h
a
small
script
t hat
exchanges
d igits
for
letters
when
t he
number
is
t hree
or
smaller.
thr ee:
CSS3 columns
This
document
is
laid
out
in
two
columns
on
the
first
page.
The
next
pages
are
more
narrow
and
therefore
only
has
room
for
one
column.
The
number
of
columns
is
automatically
adjusted
based
on the available width.
4:
Styling pages
The
seco nd
page
of
t his
document
is
d ifferent
from
t he
first:
itÕs
up-
right
and
it
has
no
background
image.
This
is
achi eved
by
styl ing
pages in stead of elements.
5:
CSS3 transf orms
CSS3
introduces
transforms,
which
can
be
used
to
scale
and
rotate
elements.
ÇPrinceÈ
is
rotated
90
degerees
on
the
right.
Also,
it
has
been
moved
to
a
margin
box
so
that
it
appears
outside the normal text flow.
6:
Backgr ound images
The
image
o n
t he
right
is
used
as
t he
background
image
o n
t he
first
page.
There,
o nl y
part
of
t he
image
is
visible.
This
is
achi eved
by
carefull y
setting
t he
positio n
and
pixel-den sity
of
t he
image.
Also,
notice
how
t he
background
image
is
Çbleed ingÈ;
it
extends
sl ightl y
outside
t he
page
to
avoid
white
edges
when
t he
paper
is cut.
7:
CSS3 select ors
Notice
how
every
other
item
in
our
list
of
eight
is
in
italics.
This
is
achieved
by
selecting and styling even-numbered items.
8:
Mor e transf orms
T r an sforms
can
be
appl i ed
to
images
as
well
as
text.
Below
is
t he
blue-sky
background
im-
age rotated at various angles.
Prince