4.01 + css
Don't mention <font> etc, but stick with 4.01 which is far more forgiving than xhtml.
( N3d, Fri 8 Jul 2005, 19:48, archived)

But is deprecated.
Hrm. I just think CSS is a bit of a can of worms for only 20 hours of classtime.
(pseudosocrates, Fri 8 Jul 2005, 19:53, archived)

4.01 isn't deprecated, shirley?
Xhtml support is patchy at best. You have to serve it with a content-type of text/html to make ie render it properly, which is wrong (if you're being anal).

xhtml and 4.01 strict are semantically very close, but 4.01 permits unclosed tags and forgives case errors, quoting inconsistencies etc.

Gah, you made me think, you bastard. *necks pint*
( N3d, Fri 8 Jul 2005, 19:59, archived)