- From: fantasai <fantasai.lists@inkedblade.net>
- Date: Tue, 26 Feb 2013 14:47:33 -0800
- To: www-style@w3.org
On 02/21/2013 07:59 PM, John Daggett wrote: > fantasai wrote: > >>> When combining two digits into a 1em box, using half-width >>> numerals seems preferred. If the current font family does not have >>> glyphs for half-width digits, should the UA fall back to the next >>> family in the list? >> >> No, it should just place them (if they seem to fit: in most >> proportional fonts they do) or scale them. > > I don't quite understand this, you seem to be answering a different > question than the one Sylvain is asking. If there aren't glyphs for > half-width digits, there are no glyphs to place or scale. Fallback > will occur. > > Keep in mind that "half-width digits" are normal ASCII digits, which > are typically included in all fonts that would be used for vertical > text display. So I think the problem is not one that exists in > practice. I thought we were talking about the special glyphs enabled by using the hwid feature. Shouldn't trigger font fallback if that feature is missing. ~fantasai
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