Font characteristic specifications

Subject: Font characteristic specifications
From: MARK.WROTH@xxxxxxxxxxx (Wroth, Mark)
Date: Fri, 16 Jul 1999 14:23:44 -0700
Quick question(s) -- hopefully simple, but I haven't gotten anywhere.  

I am attempting to specify sequences in DSSSL which are, respectively,
"typewriter" and underlined, using constructs like:

	(make sequence [foo] (process-children))

First question: is there a system independent way to specify a typewriter
face?  As I read the spec, 

 	font-family-name: "iso-monospace"

should do what I want, but in fact (when processed with Jade) produces no
change in font.  Substituting 

	font-family-name: "Courier New"

works as desired, but appears to introduce a system dependency (that the
system *has* Courier New) that I would prefer to avoid.

Second question: how can I specify [foo] to get underlining? Or am I
approaching underlining incorrectly?  The intent is to produce essentially
the display usually associated with HTML's <u></u> tags in an RTF document.
Similarly, is there a way to specify strikeout text?


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