Re: [css3-fonts] font descriptor default values

Hi John,

> The way 'all' was defined in the CSS2 font spec has a number of
> problems:

These seem like good arguments that an omitted font descriptor property 
should default to normal, so as not to override more specific values 
used on other @font-face rules.

Is there still any value in allowing an "all" keyword or in allowing 
multiple values to be specified for a given property? Or is only 
specifying one value sufficient, given that the font matching algorithm 
can effectively interpolate between values?

Back to the original example:

@font-face {
     font-family: MyFont;
     src: local("Times New Roman")
}

You stated:

> This seems simple, but to really make this work you're going to need
> four rules to cover each of the four common style variations - normal,
> bold, italic and bold italic, since a single @font-face rule only
> defines a single *face* within a family. 

Is it necessary to have four rules? If there are no other @font-face 
rules defining MyFont, then won't this one be used whenever MyFont is 
requested, regardless of the requested font weight or style?

Cheers,

Michael

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