- From: Andrew Cunningham <andrewc@vicnet.net.au>
- Date: Thu, 14 Apr 2005 09:52:05 +1000
- To: Deborah Cawkwell <deborah.cawkwell@bbc.co.uk>
- Cc: public-i18n-geo@w3.org
Deborah Cawkwell wrote: > 'Generic font family' is the correct term according to the current CSS (2) spec. There are certain assumptions made wrt to "Generic font family". One is that users actually do change the preferences/options in their web browsers to select preferred fonts. Mozilla/firefox allows you to specify diferent fonts for different generic styles. IE only allows you to specify a proportional font and a monospaced font, so no idea how a user can control what font is selected when a generic font family is specified. It also assumes that the languages in use a supported by common fonts on the OS. For those languages that are only supported by a small number of specific fonts (and are unsopported by common fonts supporting that script), then there is little value in specifying a generic font family. Just my 2 cents worth. > "Generic font families are a fallback mechanism, a means of preserving some of the style sheet author's intent in the worst case when none of the specified fonts can be selected. For optimum typographic control, particular named fonts should be used in style sheets. [...]" > > http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-CSS2/fonts.html#generic-font-families > > There are 5: serif, sans-serif, cursive, fantasy, monospace. > > http://www.bbc.co.uk/ > > This e-mail (and any attachments) is confidential and may contain > personal views which are not the views of the BBC unless specifically > stated. > If you have received it in error, please delete it from your system. > Do not use, copy or disclose the information in any way nor act in > reliance on it and notify the sender immediately. Please note that the > BBC monitors e-mails sent or received. > Further communication will signify your consent to this. -- Andrew Cunningham e-Diversity and Content Infrastructure Solutions Public Libraries Unit, Vicnet State Library of Victoria 328 Swanston Street Melbourne VIC 3000 Australia andrewc+AEA-vicnet.net.au Ph. 3-8664-7430 Fax: 3-9639-2175 http://www.openroad.net.au/ http://www.libraries.vic.gov.au/ http://www.vicnet.net.au/
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