- From: NFSL2001 via GitHub <noreply@w3.org>
- Date: Wed, 17 Sep 2025 06:56:22 +0000
- To: public-css-archive@w3.org
> Apart from some typeface design issues, the system-ui value ties the typeface to the "system" fonts, which takes ability away from users to customize the typeface to their preference using sans-serif or serif. This is truly a shame. That is a fault on operating system and browser vendors, it has no relation to how system-ui should behave. > While designers and developers may intend to use specific typefaces for ease of managing various font issues, I would rather websites and applications provide more choices to users. Standards and browsers should also contribute to this effort. In that case, designers and developers should use sans-serif and serif without system-ui. Still not an issue with W3C definition. === This discussion has derailed from a technical discussion of W3C spec to user preferences. IMO, even though system-ui behaviour is bad on Windows, we still require system-ui as a font family option *if* developers and designers want to mimic the original feel of the user's operating system (with or without user preference), and that is definitely a valid use case to discard the notion of deprecating system-ui. If user want to change how system-ui behave, then it should be the task of operating systems and browser vendors on how to do so. This is not an issue that should be discussed in here at all. -- GitHub Notification of comment by NightFurySL2001 Please view or discuss this issue at https://github.com/w3c/csswg-drafts/issues/3658#issuecomment-3301572964 using your GitHub account -- Sent via github-notify-ml as configured in https://github.com/w3c/github-notify-ml-config
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