- From: David Dorward <david@dorward.me.uk>
- Date: Mon, 21 Aug 2006 12:03:43 +0100
- To: Cecil Ward <cecil@cecilward.com>
- Cc: www-validator-css@w3.org
On Sun, Aug 20, 2006 at 09:39:53PM +0100, Cecil Ward wrote:
> a { font-family: "Serif"; }
>
>
> I believe that the above is illegal, if my reading of CSS 2.1 and CSS 2 is
> correct, yet the validator reports no error.
>
> Reasoning: CSS2 section 15.2.2 states "Generic font family names are
> keywords, and therefore must not be quoted.".
If it is quoted then it is not a keyword, therefore it is no a generic
font family name, therefore it is a font called "Serif" rather than "A
serif font".
I don't think this is an error.
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David Dorward http://dorward.me.uk
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