[Bug 17501] New: 'inherit' should not match the '<font-family>' type

https://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=17501

           Summary: 'inherit' should not match the '<font-family>' type
           Product: CSS
           Version: unspecified
          Platform: All
        OS/Version: All
            Status: NEW
          Severity: normal
          Priority: P2
         Component: CSS Level 2
        AssignedTo: bert@w3.org
        ReportedBy: antonsforums@yahoo.co.uk
         QAContact: public-css-bugzilla@w3.org


Reported by Tab Atkins Jr.

15.3 (Font family: the 'font-family' property) says:

  # 'font-family'
  #    Value:      [ [ <family-name> | <generic-family> ]
  #               [, <family-name>| <generic-family>]* ]
  #             | inherit
  # [...]
  #
  # Font family names that happen to be the same as a keyword
  # value ('inherit', 'serif', 'sans-serif', 'monospace',
  # 'fantasy', and 'cursive') must be quoted to prevent
  # confusion with the keywords with the same names. The
  # keywords 'initial' and 'default' are reserved for future
  # use and must also be quoted when used as font names. UAs
  # must not consider these keywords as matching the '<family-name>' type.

It's not clear what "these keywords" refers back to.  Certainly, we require
that 'inherit' does not match the '<font-family>' type.

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Bug description:
http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2012Apr/0638.html

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Received on Friday, 15 June 2012 08:30:56 UTC