Re: [css3-fonts] new WD for CSS Fonts

It's possible to turn off fake bold, what about fake italics?

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On Fri, Mar 25, 2011 at 12:33 PM, Chris Lilley <[email protected]> wrote:

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> Date: Thursday, March 24, 2011, 6:59:44 PM
> Subject: [css3-fonts] new WD for CSS Fonts
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> The CSS WG updated the Working Draft of CSS Fonts. The new version is
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>    http://www.w3.org/TR/2011/WD-css3-fonts-20110324/
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> The new features compared to the previous draft are mostly related to
> handling of low-level font capabilities: if a font contains alternative
> versions for some glyphs, it is now possible to select those. Examples
> are different kinds of digits (lining, old-style), swash characters, and
> variants for different languages.
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> For OpenType only there is a special interface to enable arbitrary
> features, beyond those for which CSS defines keywords.
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> Other changes include a new property to turn kerning off, and another to
> turn synthesis of fake bold fonts off.
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> The status of this draft is that it seems to have more or less all
> required features, but the syntax details of some of them are still
> being investigated.
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> The CSS WG is requesting feedback. Please, send all comments to this
> mailing list <[email protected]> and please help us by starting the
> subject of the e-mail message with the short name of the draft in square
> brackets, i.e.: [css3-fonts]
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> For the CSS WG,
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>  Chris Lilley   Technical Director, Interaction Domain
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