Subject: XS: [Fwd: CSS enhancement proposal] From: Paul Prescod <papresco@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Sun, 15 Jun 1997 03:19:33 -0400 |
Since XS will likely have font fallbacks as CSS does, we should consider this idea from Todd Fahrner, reposted from the www-style mailing list. Todd Fahrner wrote: > > Typefaces and type sizes are now specified independently in CSS. More > precisely, there is a mechanism to suggest alternate typefaces, but > not to bind alternate type sizes and line-heights to the alternate > typefaces. This is not especially useful, as typefaces have highly > irregular metrics and suitability for screen display at a given size. > It would be far better to specify typefaces, type sizes, and > line-heights (and possibly also letterspacing) together, and let > these cascade/degrade as groups. > > Consider this case: > > font: 9pt/15pt Verdana, "Gill Sans," sans-serif; > > This will result in a very legible Verdana (unless it's a Mac), a > wretched, overleaded Gill Sans, or an imponderably rendered default > sans. This would be much better: > > font: 9pt/15pt Verdana, 12pt/14pt "Gill Sans," 1em/1.2em sans-serif; > > This facility will become more important once embedded type comes > into wider use - authors will sometimes want to suggest (and provide) > highly idiosyncratic typefaces, whose size and leading are not > suitable for second- or third-choice alternates. > > ________________________________________ > Todd Fahrner > mailto:fahrner@xxxxxxxxx > http://www.verso.com/ > > The printed page transcends space and time. The printed page, the > infinitude of books, must be transcended. THE ELECTRO-LIBRARY. > > --El Lissitzky, 1923 DSSSList info and archive: http://www.mulberrytech.com/dsssl/dssslist
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