Re: [CSS3 Text] a new property for text-decoration, from fantasai on 2010-09-29 (www-style@w3.org from September 2010)

From: fantasai <fantasai.lists@inkedblade.net>
Date: Wed, 29 Sep 2010 02:38:22 -0700
To: David Latapie <david@empyree.org>
CC: www-style@w3.org
Message-ID: <4CA3090E.3080609@inkedblade.net>

On 09/28/2006 04:58 AM, David Latapie wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I know text-decoration had not been evaluated yet. I also know of the
> 2002 draft
> (<http://www.w3.org/TR/2002/WD-css3-text-20020515/#text-underline-props>) but
> I post know regarding a new property.
>
> Good typography software (but OS X’s TextEdit too!) are able to break
> the underlining when it crosses a descender (g, j, p, q, y)
>

This is currently added to the draft as
   text-decoration-skip: ink;
Whether it stays in the spec depends on whether it gets implemented.

~fantasai

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