Re: [css-fonts] "system" generic font name

• From: Dean Jackson <dino@apple.com>
• Date: Wed, 15 Jul 2015 09:09:06 +1000
• To: Felix Miata <mrmazda@earthlink.net>
• Cc: www-style@w3.org
• Message-Id: <A9C59514-007F-4FC9-884A-54882849BA8F@apple.com>

Hi Felix,

> On 15 Jul 2015, at 9:01 AM, Felix Miata <mrmazda@earthlink.net> wrote:
> 
> Maybe the better goal would be user's favorite font, by whatever name could
> be determined. I'd certainly like to see more of my favorite without having
> to disable all author choice of fonts on web pages.

Sure, but isn't that a general problem? I'm not sure what it has to do with this proposal.

> With "System" already in
> use in the spec for font shorthand, it would seem a poor choice for any other
> usage.

I don't understand. "system" isn't in the font shorthand. Those weird keywords that no one uses are referred to as system fonts, but that's all.

Dean

Received on Tuesday, 14 July 2015 23:09:41 UTC