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===Coloring Caption Text=== | ===Coloring Caption Text=== | ||
Caption text can be <font color="red"> colored</font> using HTML: | Caption text can be <font color="red">colored</font> using HTML: | ||
*<nowiki><font color="red"> | *<nowiki><font color="red">Oxygen</font>.</nowiki> displays <font color="red">Oxygen</font>. | ||
Colors are usually easier to see in boldface. You can use either HTML or wikitext bold markup: | Colors are usually easier to see in boldface. You can use either HTML or wikitext bold markup: | ||
*HTML: <nowiki><font color="red"><b> | *HTML: <nowiki><font color="red"><b>Oxygen</b></font>.</nowiki> displays <font color="red"><b>Oxygen</b></font>. | ||
*Three single quotes: <nowiki><font color="red">''' | *Three single quotes: <nowiki><font color="red">'''Oxygen'''</font>.</nowiki> displays: <font color="red">'''Oxygen'''</font>. | ||
Light colors may be unreadable on a white background, so use a black background. But there seems to be '''no way to specify a background color in a caption'''. So you will need to put the color key in the text of the page. For standard color keys, templates are provided: see [[Help:Color Keys]]. Proteopedia page text does not support HTML bgcolor, but it supports CSS font color: | Light colors may be unreadable on a white background, so use a black background. But there seems to be '''no way to specify a background color in a caption'''. So you will need to put the color key in the text of the page. For standard color keys, templates are provided: see [[Help:Color Keys]]. Proteopedia page text does not support HTML bgcolor, but it supports CSS font color: | ||