- From: Ambrose LI <ambrose.li@gmail.com>
- Date: Wed, 21 Feb 2018 13:07:28 -0500
- To: OwN-3m-All <own3mall@gmail.com>
- Cc: "Myles C. Maxfield" <mmaxfield@apple.com>, W3C Style List <www-style@w3.org>
2018-02-21 12:34 GMT-05:00 OwN-3m-All <own3mall@gmail.com>: >> This is a progression, and improves typography on the Web. > > Sorry, but that's not progression. You're plain wrong. Apple should > not be able to dictate what is progress and what isn't. Such a > garbage argument. It *is* progress. In traditional typography underlines don’t cross descenders. Apple totally did it right; it’s the others who have been doing it wrong. The problem isn’t standard or not standard, but that underlining is not visual decoration. It can mean something. And changing the default changes meaning if meaning is intended. -- Ambrose Li // http://o.gniw.ca / http://gniw.ca If you saw this on CE-L: You do not need my permission to quote me, only proper attribution. Always cite your sources, even if you have to anonymize and/or cite it as "personal communication".
Received on Wednesday, 21 February 2018 18:08:38 UTC