Hi Sejal, It's great to the progress on this, I believe it's one of the most highly upvoted font-related features.
https://chromestatus.com/feature/5102801981800448 still doesn't show up in the list of features to review/approve, please feel free to reach out off list if you can't find the right buttons to press. Best regards, Philip On Wed, Jul 2, 2025 at 4:51 PM Daniel Bratell <bratel...@gmail.com> wrote: > This does not show up on the API Owner dashboard in Chromestatus so maybe > you have missed pushing it there? There are some other reviews that should > be started there at the same time. > > > /Daniel > > > On 2025-07-02 07:04, 'Sejal Anand' via blink-dev wrote: > > > > The review for the font-variation-settings CL > <https://chromium-review.googlesource.com/c/chromium/src/+/6582382> > <https://chromium-review.googlesource.com/c/chromium/src/+/6582382>is > currently underway. Due to notable differences in implementation and > interoperability, I have created a separate Chrome status entry for it. If > necessary, we can wait until the variation settings CL is merged. > > Thank you, > Sejal > > > ------------------------------ > *From:* 一丝 <yio...@gmail.com> <yio...@gmail.com> > *Sent:* Monday, June 30, 2025 2:22 PM > *To:* blink-dev <blink-dev@chromium.org> <blink-dev@chromium.org> > *Cc:* Sejal Anand <sejalan...@microsoft.com> <sejalan...@microsoft.com>; > Ragvesh Sharma's Organization (FTE) <ragvesh_org_...@microsoft.com> > <ragvesh_org_...@microsoft.com> > *Subject:* [EXTERNAL] Re: Intent to Ship: Support font-feature-settings > descriptor in @font-face rule > > > You don't often get email from yio...@gmail.com. Learn why this is > important <https://aka.ms/LearnAboutSenderIdentification> > > Thanks for your work, this is a feature that Blink has been lacking for a > long time, very much looking forward to it! > > > Are you planning to ship the `font-variation-settings` together? We hope > they can be released together. > > 在2025年6月29日星期日 UTC+8 15:57:03<sejal...@microsoft.com> > <sejal...@microsoft.com> 写道: > > > > Contact emails > sejal...@microsoft.com > > Explainer > None > > Specification > https://www.w3.org/TR/css-fonts-4/#font-rend-desc > > Summary > As CSS allows fine control over font features using > 'font-feature-settings' at the element level, Chromium-based browsers > currently lack support for these properties within '@font-face' > declarations. > > This feature supports the string-based syntax for font-feature-settings as > defined in CSS Fonts Level 4. Invalid or unrecognized feature tags will be > ignored per specification. No binary or non-standard forms are supported. > > As OpenType fonts become more widely adopted, this enhancement will > improve typographic control, reduce redundancy, and support a more > scalable, modern approach to web design. > > Blink component > Blink>Fonts > <https://issues.chromium.org/issues?q=customfield1222907:%22Blink%3EFonts%22> > > Motivation > CSS already provides a 'font-feature-settings' property for controlling > OpenType features at the element level. However, Chromium does not > currently support it within @font-face declarations, unlike Firefox and > Safari. > > This limitation prevents developers from configuring font behavior during > font loading, forcing redundant declarations across individual components > or elements. > > Supporting these descriptors in Chromium would let developers define font > behavior once—at the source—improving consistency, reducing repetition, and > making it easier to verify applied settings through DevTools. > > > Initial public proposal > None > > TAG review > None > > TAG review status > Not applicable > > Risks > > > Interoperability and Compatibility > > > *Gecko*: Shipped/Shipping ( > https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1355366) > > *WebKit*: Shipped/Shipping (https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=63618) > > *Web developers*: Positive ( > https://stackoverflow.com/questions/27486680/how-to-set-default-font-feature-settings) > Over 30 users have indicated that they are affected by this issue and its > related duplicates, as noted in > https://issues.chromium.org/issues/40398871 and > https://issues.chromium.org/issues/324519293 > > *Other signals*: > > WebView application risks > *Does this intent deprecate or change behavior of existing APIs, such that > it has potentially high risk for Android WebView-based applications?* > None > > > Debuggability > Existing DevTools capabilities already cover this. > > > Is this feature fully tested by web-platform-tests > <https://chromium.googlesource.com/chromium/src/+/main/docs/testing/web_platform_tests.md> > ? > Yes > > https://wpt.fyi/results/css/css-fonts/font-feature-settings-descriptor-02.html?label=master&label=experimental&aligned > > https://wpt.fyi/results/css/css-fonts?label=master&label=experimental&aligned&q=font-feature-settings-descriptor-binary.html > > > Flag name on about://flags > > > Finch feature name > FontFeatureSettingsDescriptor > > Requires code in //chrome? > False > > Tracking bug > https://issues.chromium.org/issues/40398871 > > Estimated milestones > Shipping on desktop > 139 > Shipping on Android > 139 > Shipping on WebView > 139 > Shipping on iOS > 139 > > > Link to entry on the Chrome Platform Status > https://chromestatus.com/feature/5102801981800448?gate=5099341546782720 > > This intent message was generated by Chrome Platform Status > <https://chromestatus.com/>. > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "blink-dev" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to blink-dev+unsubscr...@chromium.org. > To view this discussion visit > https://groups.google.com/a/chromium.org/d/msgid/blink-dev/PU5P153MB14158A2C9018D6DA22EA62F1D440A%40PU5P153MB1415.APCP153.PROD.OUTLOOK.COM > <https://groups.google.com/a/chromium.org/d/msgid/blink-dev/PU5P153MB14158A2C9018D6DA22EA62F1D440A%40PU5P153MB1415.APCP153.PROD.OUTLOOK.COM?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "blink-dev" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to blink-dev+unsubscr...@chromium.org. > To view this discussion visit > https://groups.google.com/a/chromium.org/d/msgid/blink-dev/16078d9e-7d05-49f3-be85-3aaf6d4223a6%40gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/a/chromium.org/d/msgid/blink-dev/16078d9e-7d05-49f3-be85-3aaf6d4223a6%40gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "blink-dev" group. 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