Re: [css3-fonts] default font features

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I will second John's belief. This should "just work" and the defaults of
the OpenType spec should be the defaults of OpenType fonts on the web.

Some browsers are broken.

T

On Mon, Jul 9, 2012 at 2:48 AM, John Daggett <[email protected]> wrote:

> This model makes good text rendering an "opt-in" model.  I strongly
> believe authors and users should have good text rendering by default
> and not have to opt in to it.  The impetus should instead be on
> browser vendors to optimize their text layout code so that performance
> considerations aren't an issue here.  I think that's definitely
> possible and much better for the web in the long run.
>



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uld &quot;just work&quot; and the defaults of the OpenType spec should be t=
he defaults of OpenType fonts on the web.</font><div><font face=3D"verdana,=
sans-serif"><br>

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On Mon, Jul 9, 2012 at 2:48 AM, John Daggett <span dir=3D"ltr">&lt;<a href=
=3D"mailto:[email protected]" target=3D"_blank">[email protected]</a>=
&gt;</span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1p=
x #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div id=3D":yn">This model makes good text r=
endering an &quot;opt-in&quot; model. =A0I strongly<br>
believe authors and users should have good text rendering by default<br>
and not have to opt in to it. =A0The impetus should instead be on<br>
browser vendors to optimize their text layout code so that performance<br>
considerations aren&#39;t an issue here. =A0I think that&#39;s definitely<b=
r>
possible and much better for the web in the long run.</div></blockquote></d=
iv><br><br clear=3D"all"><div><br></div>-- <br>=93Anti-intellectualism has =
been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural l=
ife, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that =91my ignorance=
 is just as good as your knowledge.=92=94<br>

=A0=97Isaac Asimov<br>
</div>

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