- From: Amelia Bellamy-Royds via GitHub <sysbot+gh@w3.org>
- Date: Tue, 20 Sep 2016 03:53:37 +0000
- To: public-css-archive@w3.org
Would there be a value in allowing the font-face descriptors (e.g.,
font-weight, font-stretch) to take two values, defining the range
available from the file?
If you use range descriptors, then the non-variable fallbacks no
longer match the descriptors, and would need separate font-face rules.
However, I'm pretty sure that still works with `@font-face` as
currently defined, just need to watch the ordering:
```css
@font-face { /* fallback normal weight face */
font-family: BodyText;
font-weight: normal;
src: url(something) format(woff);
}
@font-face { /* fallback bold weight face */
font-family: BodyText;
font-weight: bold;
src: url(something-bold) format(woff);
}
@font-face { /* variable weight font */
font-family: BodyText;
font-weight: 200, 700; /* min and max weights */
src: url(something-variable) format(woff2-variations);
}
```
So user agents that recognize the range descriptor and variable-font
format would download the final file, others would download one or all
of the backups (depending on which weights are required).
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