Hi!
User 1 uses for example Iceweasel 2.0.0.3 at Debian Etch.
At the Preferences, user 1 opens the fonts configuration box.
There are four font classes:
- Proportional
- Serif
- Sans-serif
- Monospace
At Monospace, user 1 chooses Times New Roman.
User 2 is a web programmer and creates the following
style sheet:
pre, tt
{
font-family: monospace;
}
If user 1 views the web site, then all PRE and TT tags
will be displayed with a Times New Roman font.
This is absolutely not the result that user 2 had expected!
What is going on here?
If I open the Iceweasel configuration box and assign
"monospace" to "Monospace" and if I do not use any
style sheet, then the displayed text uses a font where
each letter has the same size (especially width).
User 2 wants to enforce exactly this font with his
style sheet, no matter which absurd font user 1
chooses at his Iceweasel configuration box!
First question:
Which font is actually meant if I open the Iceweasel
configuration box and assign "monospace" to "Monospace"
without using any overriding style sheet?
Second question:
What does user 2 has to assign to "font-family" in his
CSS file to get exactly this font? Assigning "monospace"
obviously does not lead to the goal.
Third question:
Is it possible for me to look up this kind of question
somewhere in my system without having to ask such
kind of question in a news group?
dolphin
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