Re: [css-d] Font Stacks and Web fonts

2014-03-12 Thread Andrew Cunningham
uss.org/mailman/listinfo/css-d > List wiki/FAQ -- http://css-discuss.incutio.com/ > List policies -- http://css-discuss.org/policies.html > Supported by evolt.org -- http://www.evolt.org/help_support_evolt/ > -- Andrew Cunningham Project Manager, Research and Development (Social

Re: [css-d] Will the unsemantic HTML elements B and I be soon phased out?

2014-02-16 Thread Andrew Cunningham
The problem with and is that HTML5 gives them semantic meaning but they also have inherent styling. Of I use these elements in a multilingual envirnonment, then for some languages I would need to change weight or style to normal, then use styling appropriate to the language. Andrew On 17/02/2

Re: [css-d] Custom CSS resets

2012-08-13 Thread Andrew Cunningham
ppearance of these elements should be styled on a per language or a per writing script basis. If the and I elements are symantic, then isn't necessarily bold, and isn't necessarily italic -- Andrew Cunningham Project Manager, Research and Development Social and Digital Inclusion Uni

Re: [css-d] Font-face, alignment issue similar to images

2011-01-09 Thread Andrew Cunningham
to sue font fallback mechanisms if the browser can't use web fonts. Andrew -- Andrew Cunningham Senior Project Manager, Research and Development Vicnet State Library of Victoria Australia andr...@vicnet.net.au lang.supp...@gmai

Re: [css-d] styling non-english fonts

2010-06-19 Thread Andrew Cunningham
ys thing fonts should be specified. If your main audience is in-country, you should use fonts available on localised versions of windows, and only use the fonts on English windows as a last resort fallback when specifying fonts. -- Andrew Cunningham Senior Project Manager, Research and Development

Re: [css-d] styling non-english fonts

2010-06-19 Thread Andrew Cunningham
o specify fonts. Relying on font fall back mechanisms is a bad idea. Font fall back for some scripts is broken in certain browsers. Other browsers provide no way for end users to control default scripts. -- Andrew Cunningham Senior Project Manager, Research and Development Vicnet State Lib

Re: [css-d] - why did it have to die?

2010-01-16 Thread Andrew Cunningham
d in web sites that are intended to be truly multilingual. Andrew -- Andrew Cunningham Vicnet Research and Development Coordinator State Library of Victoria Australia andr...@vicnet.net.au lang.supp...@gmail.com __ css-discuss [c