Decorating with HTML Tables

Simple scrollwork around contents

HTML tables can be used as a primitive (and clumsy) drawing mechanism. There are a few simple applications. The main advantage is that separate image files are not necessary.

			simple scrollwork around contents

The above example employs an inner table with a border around the contents, just so the contents would be circumscribed in lower-powered browsers.

Scrollwork around contents with border

A nice 3D effect can be achieved using the cell borders.

			simple scrollwork around contents

Thick borders are out. The lines don’t connect properly in the best cases.