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Why <FONT FACE> is bad for i18n

From: Francois Yergeau <yergeau@alis.com>
Date: Tue, 04 Feb 1997 16:04:33 -0500
Message-Id: <3.0.32.19691231190000.00689d3c@genstar.alis.ca>
To: www-international@w3.org 
Hi all,

I wrote up a little page explaining why the <FONT> tag with FACE attribute
is not a good idea for i18n (apart from its other problems).  Take a look at:

 http://babel.alis.com:8080/web_ml/html/fontface.html

or

 http://www.isoc.org:8080/web_ml/html/fontface.html

Comments welcome, of course.

Regards,


-- 
François Yergeau <yergeau@alis.com>
Alis Technologies Inc., Montréal
Tél : +1 (514) 747-2547
Fax : +1 (514) 747-2561
Received on Tuesday, 4 February 1997 16:04:38 GMT

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