Re: Serifed, variable-pitch font.
On Thu, 18 Feb 2021 11:26:16 -0800
peter@easthope.ca wrote:
> From: <tomas@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
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