Re: [csswg-drafts] [css-fonts] font-size: 'medium' value is the user's preferred font size

The Working Group just discussed `font-size: 'medium' value is the user's preferred font size`, and agreed to the following:

* `RESOLVED: no change to spec, leave piece of text out`

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&lt;dael> Topic:  font-size: 'medium' value is the user's preferred font size<br>
&lt;dael> github: https://github.com/w3c/csswg-drafts/issues/2430<br>
&lt;dael> chris: It seems...I thought this effected impl and rereading i t looks like this should  be t he users default, apperently it already does impact medium. it's restoring language that was  in the spec and was  removed. Thought it was a change, but I no longer object.  We can put the language back. I'd like to hear i f other vendors see a problem. Otherwise trivial change<br>
&lt;dael> myles: One thought. Proposal has changed through issue. In Apr 25 post from  Amelia it says [reads]. I think that's more specific than original text. Helps me understand what text trying to say. If we make a change, should be one Amelia proposed<br>
&lt;dael> Rossen: You're okay with changes?<br>
&lt;dael> myles: Yeah<br>
&lt;dael> dbaron: One thing we've found in past is if you change the meaning of medium and default font size meaning many web pages break. Turns out to  not be a good thing rather then zooming. Maybe that's changing as web changes<br>
&lt;dael> myles: One detail, we don't support changing meaning of medium, but do support bumping every font size by a %. No way to effect keywords without effecting font-sizes and that works well<br>
&lt;dael> chris: I thinkt hat was the basis for my original reluctance. We seemed to hope that would work in CSS 1, but now you can zoom entire page and that seems more robust and what people do. didn't want to restore on basis of it was in css2.<br>
&lt;dael> myles: Q for dbaron. If you change definition of medium to other then 16 pages break, but someone in the issue said chrome and ff allow changing definition of medium<br>
&lt;dael> dbaron: We do have a setting and over time it has  gotten more hidden, but haven't removed. It's not a great idea to set.<br>
&lt;astearns> I have changed that setting and have had pages break<br>
&lt;dael> Rossen: What does that leave for this issue?<br>
&lt;chris> so we shouldn't really encourage changing it, then<br>
&lt;dael> myles: This is a natural pull between browsers custom a11y that they do without spec  changes vs something normative the spec can say about how to improve font sizes. dbaron comment on how browsers evolved their solution and maybe normative spec text isn't nec makes sense. Could go either way<br>
&lt;dael> chris: Could go either as well. Don't want to encourage people to do a bad practice<br>
&lt;dael> Rossen: Leaning resolve no change?<br>
&lt;tantek> I don't think we have enough data to justify a specific change on this<br>
&lt;chris> fine with no change here if WG so resolves<br>
&lt;dael> Rossen: Going to take silence as agree<br>
&lt;tantek> +1<br>
&lt;dael> Rossen: Objections to no change to spec, leave piece of text out<br>
&lt;chris> +1<br>
&lt;dael> RESOLVED: no change to spec, leave piece of text out<br>
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