FWIW, "proportional" or "typographic" would be more conventional terms
than "variable pitch."
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On Thu, 18 Feb 2021 21:40:17 +0100
wrote:
> On Thu, Feb 18, 2021 at 11:26:16AM -0800, pe...@easthope.ca wrote:
> > From:
> > 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
On Thu, 18 Feb 2021 11:26:16 -0800
pe...@easthope.ca wrote:
> From:
> 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 t
On Thu, Feb 18, 2021 at 11:26:16AM -0800, pe...@easthope.ca wrote:
> From:
> 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 t
From:
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".
On Wed, Feb 17, 2021 at 07:52:33AM -0800, pe...@easthope.ca wrote:
> From:
> Date: Tue, 16 Feb 2021 09:57:24 +0100
> > If all you want is a serif font and care to be portable, your best
> > choice will be to specify a generic "serif", like so:
> >
> > font-family: serif
>
> Will try th
From:
Date: Tue, 16 Feb 2021 09:57:24 +0100
> If all you want is a serif font and care to be portable, your best
> choice will be to specify a generic "serif", like so:
>
> font-family: serif
Will try that, thanks.
Really, two attributes are involved: serifing and spacing.
Specifica
From: Darac Marjal
Date: Tue, 16 Feb 2021 08:26:54 +
> ... worth looking at the W3C's recommendations for "Web Safe Fonts".
Helpful link. Thanks Darac, ... P.
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On Mon, Feb 15, 2021 at 07:50:13PM -0800, pe...@easthope.ca wrote:
> What serifed, variable-pitch font is available to Firefox and most
> contemporary browsers? I want to specify a font-family in inline
> styling. Preferably to work in MacOS and MS Windows as well as Linux.
If all yo
On 16/02/2021 03:50, pe...@easthope.ca wrote:
> What serifed, variable-pitch font is available to Firefox and most
> contemporary browsers? I want to specify a font-family in inline
> styling. Preferably to work in MacOS and MS Windows as well as Linux.
Not a definitive list, but ru
What serifed, variable-pitch font is available to Firefox and most
contemporary browsers? I want to specify a font-family in inline
styling. Preferably to work in MacOS and MS Windows as well as Linux.
Thx, ... P.
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