Re: [css3-fonts] subscript/superscript variants from Tab Atkins Jr. on 2012-05-09 (www-font@w3.org from April to June 2012)

From: Tab Atkins Jr. <jackalmage@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 9 May 2012 13:50:39 +0200
To: John Daggett <jdaggett@mozilla.com>
Cc: www-style list <www-style@w3.org>, www-font@w3.org
Message-ID: <CAAWBYDBH5FvE_LqHxpUe5i2+NuiXjKcT_hypLUPyLxFRB=y+fQ@mail.gmail.com>

On Wed, May 9, 2012 at 1:22 PM, John Daggett <jdaggett@mozilla.com> wrote:
> An author using 'font-variant-position' would need to override the rules
> for sub/sup, as shown in the example in the spec.

And as we discussed over lunch, they'll be able to combine this with a
@supports query so they can use the font-size/line-height tweaking for
legacy browsers and then undo that and use font-variant-position for
new browsers.

~TJ

Received on Wednesday, 9 May 2012 11:51:37 UTC