Layout Elements

The design elements described by the OEB specification fall into four categories:

Design Element Description
Block-level elements These are areas of content that may be thought of as rectangular containers. They may hold text, graphics, or combinations of both. They may also contain other block-level elements. If so, properties of an outer element may often be inherited by inner elements it contains.
Character-level formatting These are the properties that describe the specific characteristics of text elements, including font, font size, font weight, etc. Character level formatting may be applied to single characters or to large blocks of characters.
Tables These are similar to tables in HTML. Reader tables provide the ability to display content in two-dimensional grids.
Miscellaneous These include a small number of additional elements that cannot be described as belonging to any of the above groups.

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