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> If I want to render text using Comic Sans by default, that shouldn't "break" anything Not sure how we could expect users to switch between whatever font they
by diggan 2y ago
> If I want to render text using Comic Sans by default, that shouldn't "break" anything
Not sure how we could expect users to switch between whatever font they want, and things not breaking.
Different fonts both appear and have different sizes, so what might look perfect with one font (a button where the text is aligned in the center vertically/horizontally), can look massively different with another (say the font's characters are wider, so now the text either overflows or breaks into two parts, making the button "broken").
- milesrout 2y agoPixel-perfect alignment shouldn't be a goal. The web is for documents.
- diggan 2y agoWhat I'm talking about isn't just "pixel perfectness" but layout of said document which breaks depending on the characteristics of the font.
- jrvieira 2y agothe point is that there should be no layout to be broken in the first place.
- moring 2y agoThe rest of the world has decided that the web is for applications at least as much as it is for documents.