> But again: should we then _assume_ to be always dealing with badly produced fonts? A major theme of the web platform is to assume the worst, because the wors

> But again: should we then _assume_ to be always dealing with badly produced fonts? A major theme of the web platform is to assume the worst, because the worst is actually often not uncommon. Another major theme is backwards compatibility. You've mentioned a fix that would break all previous sites relying on this behavior. Fixes that require a clean-slate redo of the web just won't work.