Every chart in this project relies solely on semantic markup — table based — and a spread of CSS variables carried by the tags. No JavaScript required for display, and styles are progressively enhanced depending on your browser's capabilities.

Truncating a single line of text if is fairly straightforward. Truncating multiple lines is a bit harder. Using just CSS (no JavaScript or server-side dancing) is nice for the simplicity.

Check this post written by Chris Coyier on mailto: links. "It's pretty easy to use, but as with anything web, there are lots of things to consider."