On May 12, 2011, at 5:42 PM, Joergen W. Lang wrote:
>> Correct. E { font: 1em/1.5 'my font' sans-serf;} is the minimal
>> syntax.
>
> I guess, the value for line-height could also be omitted. There should be a
> comma between 'my font' and 'sans-serif', d'accord?:
:shamed: d'accord (that finger that refuses to hit the keyboard…)
and sans-serif while we're correcting typos. :-p
>
> A more concise wording might be:
>
> "System fonts may only be set using the shorthand form. In this case one of
> the above keywords ('caption', 'icon', 'menu', 'message-box',
> 'small-caption', or 'status-bar') replaces the minimal two-argument form. The
> font family, size, weight, style, etc. are all set implicitly.
>
> These values may then be altered individually using single properties if
> desired."
>
> For the moment I do not see a lot of use cases for system fonts. But this may
> change with more web applications emulating the behaviour of native apps.
> Would this be an issue for www-style?
Yes, that would the correct place for such things. I don't think it would even
be considered for CSS 2.1 (in lock down mode now), but for the CSS3 fonts
module maybe.
Philippe
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