Re: font specification in CSS1

| y'all wrote:
| 
| > I can see an advantage in allowing *any* common weight specifier. The
| > UA simply keeps two heirarchical lists of all the common weight names
| > with corresponding pointers. For example, the 'boldness' heirarchy
| > might include, successively, 'nord, ultra-black, black, ultra-heavy,
| > ultra-bold, super, heavy, extra-bold, bold, demi-bold, semi-bold,
| > demi, medium, book, roman, regular, normal.' If someone specifies

Does anyone care that there is already an ISO standard for font
characteristics that addresses all of this?

No?  OK.  Never mind.  Have fun.

Jon

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Jon Bosak, Online Information Technology Architect
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