- From: Michael Day <mikeday@yeslogic.com>
- Date: Fri, 07 Nov 2008 09:05:01 +1100
- To: "L. David Baron" <dbaron@dbaron.org>
- CC: www-style@w3.org
> (A) The user agent uses the first of those values for which it has > a usable font (e.g., a local() font that is present or a url() > that is in a format it supports) and ignores the rest. > > (B) The user agent uses all of the values for which it has a > usable font, picking each glyph from the earliest in the list that > has a glyph for the character. > > (B) seems like it has some advantages, particularly when local() and > src() are combined, and the font available locally may have more or > fewer glyphs in it depending on what the user has chosen to install. > It also feels more CSS-like to me (which could mean it fits author > expectations better, although maybe not). > > (A) seems like it may have some advantages in terms of speed or > bandwidth usage. > > However, current implementations in WebKit nightlies and in Gecko > nightlies seem to do (A). Prince does (B), and this behaviour is quite useful. Best regards, Michael -- Print XML with Prince! http://www.princexml.com
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