Cascading Style Sheets: The Definitive Guide, 2nd Edition
by Eric Meyer

The following errata were *corrected* in the 2/06 reprint:

Here's a key to the markup:
	[page-number]: serious technical mistake
	{page-number}: minor technical mistake
	<page-number>: important language/formatting problem
	(page-number): language change or minor formatting problem



(3)  LasT Paragraph;
"ferver"  NOW READS  "fervor"


(7)  Paragraph 4;
"resembles" in second to last sentence  NOW READS  "resemble".


(12)
Heading "The Tag"  NOW READS  "The link Tag"


(18) sentence just above fig 1-7;
All three external style sheets will be loaded, and all of their style rules will be used in the display of this document, as Figure 1-7 illustrates.

NOW READS:
All three external style sheets will be loaded, and all of their style rules will be used in the display of this document.


(40)  1st paragraph;
"For example, let's you we want..."

NOW READS:
"For example, let's say you want..."


(45)  3rd paragraph;
Current: "This rule will make gray any text in an em element--that is, a descendant
of an h1 element."

NOW READS:
"This rule will make gray any text in an em element that is a descendant
of an h1 element."


(73), 5th text paragraph
"psuedo-classes"  NOW READS  "pseudo-classes"


(119)  code sample at top of page;
h4 {font: light 14px;}

NOW READS:
h4 {font: lighter 14px;}


(140), box for "word-spacing"
"the absolute lenth 0"  NOW READS  "the absolute length 0"


(151)  Last paragraph on page before the code sample;1st sentence of paragraph:
"If an element is set to pre-wrap, then text within that element has whitespace
sequences preserved but text lines that are wrapped normally."

NOW READS:
"If an element is set to pre-wrap, then text within that element has whitespace
sequences preserved but text lines are wrapped normally."


(152)  last sentence;
"embed or override"  NOW READS  "embed or bidi-override".


(247)  3rd para;
"thus, the content box and the padding are all part of an element's background, which
and the borders are drawn on top of the background"

NOW READS:
"thus, the content box and the padding are all part of an element's background, and the 
borders are drawn on top of the background"



(274)  5th paragraph, first two sentences;
"Note the absence of an image on two of the paragraphs. This is because the styles
for type1 and type2 paragraphs do not include the URL of the background image."

NOW READS:
"Note the absence of an image on the first paragraph in Figure 9-37. This is because
the style for h1 paragraphs does not include the URL of the background image."


(294)  2nd paragraph;
It's downward movement is caused by the clearance instead.

"It's"  NOW READS "Its".


(298)  2nd paragraph, last sentence;
"Again, the similarity would be visual only in nature."

NOW READS:
"Again, the similarity would be only visual in nature.


(363)  1st paragraph; (top of page, 2nd sentence);
"The list-style-type property, as well all other list related properties..."

NOW READS:
"The list-style-type property, as well as all other list related properties..."


(381)  code sample at top of page;
<line>REM This what the kids are calling a "comment"</line>

NOW READS:
<line>REM This is what the kids are calling a "comment"</line>


(383)  2nd to last paragraph;
"However you want ordered lists to counter so that each level..."

NOW READS:
"However you want ordered lists to count so that each level..."


(416)  2nd-last para, last sentence;
"You can see the rendering of the third slide in Figure 14-9."

NOW READS:
"You can see the rendering of a slide in Figure 14-9."


(431), table for property 'play-during', also page 474:

'play-during':
Values: <uri> | [ mix || repeat ]? | auto | none | inherit

NOW READS:
Values: <uri> [ mix || repeat ]? | auto | none | inherit


(432), last sentence in last-but-one paragraph:
(...) and -50rad would be the same as 350rad.

NOW READS:
(...) and -50grad would be the same as 350grad.


(433), Table 14-1:
Keyword   Angle            Behind
far-left  300deg  -60deg   200deg  -120deg

NOW READS:
Keyword   Angle            Behind
far-left  300deg  -60deg   240deg  -120deg


[456]  2nd box, 3rd box;
max-width
Percentages: refer to the height of the containing block

NOW READS:
Percentages: refer to the width of the containing block

The same kind of mistake appeared in the following item: "min-height", where
percentages are referred to the "width" of the containing block.
This also HAS BEEN CORRECTED.


(482)  code sample at end of page;
p.lead:first-letter {font-weight: bold;}

NOW READS:
p.lead:first-line {font-weight: bold;}


(487), the Sample
HTML 4 Style Sheet:

@media print {

starts in line 8 with a curly brace 
and NOW ENDS in line 13 with a curly brace:

}
@media aural