- From: fantasai <fantasai.lists@inkedblade.net>
- Date: Tue, 21 Feb 2012 16:04:16 +0100
- To: www-style@w3.org
On 02/16/2012 09:01 PM, John Daggett wrote: > > Eric Muller wrote: > >> In Flash, we have implemented the equivalent of what you propose (a >> single axis), and we have had a strong push to move to what you >> currently have (three separate axis). > > What's the motivation behind the push to separate axes? Keep in mind > that the 'font-feature-settings' property *does* provide access to the > separate features. I think having a single axis covers the majority of > use cases (e.g. discretionary-ligatures). IIRC 'font-feature-settings' was intended to be an escape hatch for experimental or particularly arcane cases, and has some very... interesting interactions with other properties that is otherwise would not be a good idea. We shouldn't be using it as a way to defer useful features out of the normal syntax, imho. +1 to Christopher Slye [1] [1] http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2012Feb/0894.html ~fantasai
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