On Thu, 18 Feb 2021 11:26:16 -0800 pe...@easthope.ca wrote: > From: <to...@tuxteam.de> > Date: Wed, 17 Feb 2021 18:08:05 +0100 > > So unless the browser is downright malicious it'll pick a > > non-monospaced font. If it's malicious, its user will hopefully > > know... > > OK, the meaning in CSS is more than the conventional meaning. > For varispaced and serifed, "font-family: serif". > > For monospaced and serifed, "font-family: monospace". (Courier > is a likely result.) > > For varispaced sans-serifed, "font-family: sans-serif". > > For monospaced sans-serifed, name specific fonts. Eg. > "font-family: 'Cascadia Code', 'HyperFont'" > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_monospaced_typefaces > > Workable although slightly weird. >
It's probably that way because there aren't that many applications for monospaced fonts in web pages. Program code is normally shown in a monospaced font to make typos easier to see, and columns of numbers spring to mind, but some proportional fonts have monospaced digits for just this purpose. -- Joe
