[Webkit-unassigned] [Bug 18002] @font-face { src: local("font"); } matches font family, not full face name

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------- Comment #2 from lawrencc at debian.org  2008-03-25 02:38 PDT -------
On the other hand, section 3.2 (http://www.w3.org/TR/css3-webfonts/#aname)
says:

"3.2. Full font name

This is the full name of a particular face of a font family. It typically
includes a variety of non-standardized textual qualifiers or adornments
appended to the font family name. It may also include a foundry name or
abbreviation, often prepended to the font family name. It is only used to refer
to locally installed fonts, because the format of the adorned name can vary
from platform to platform. It must be quoted."

The "full name of a particular face" part, along with the discussion of
"adornments appended to the font family name," suggests to me that it should be
the "full name" of the font face, not just the family name.

Also, in section 2.5 it refers only to "reader style sheets,
browser default style sheets or possibly author style sheets on an intranet" -
not to *author* style sheets.

Further I think that S. 2.5 is trying to say something like "@font-face rules
in reader style sheets, browser default style sheets, or possibly author style
sheets on an intranet will typically use local()" (since you wouldn't really
want to download your default fonts from a remote URI every time you launch the
browser or hardcode local font paths, e.g.
url("file:///Library/Fonts/GillSans.dfont"), in a stylesheet), rather than
saying anything about font-family properties outside of @font-face rules.


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