[Webkit-unassigned] [Bug 20797] New: add a preference/UI for the default generic family

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https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=20797

           Summary: add a preference/UI for the default generic family
           Product: WebKit
           Version: 525.x (Safari 3.1)
          Platform: All
        OS/Version: All
            Status: NEW
          Severity: Normal
          Priority: P2
         Component: Layout and Rendering
        AssignedTo: webkit-unassigned at lists.webkit.org
        ReportedBy: jungshik.shin at gmail.com
                CC: hyatt at apple.com


Spun off of bug 13139 where David wrote:

> Using the parent is just a heuristic and a poor one at that.  We choose "serif"
> on the assumption that a majority of the fonts specified on the Web are
> "serif", and so that maximizes the probability that we will be right.

Would you consider adding a preference to control this (and the corresponding
UI to Safari)?  Firefox has a preference and UI as to which to use, serif or
sans-serif. In Firefox, it's per langGroup/scripts/languages (preferences are
font.default.{langGroup} whose value can be either serif or sans-serif. For
CJK, it's 'sans-serif' by default while for all others, it's serif by default). 

 In Safari (which just has 'across-the-languages' font selection UI as of now),
it'd be global as well. Anyway, CJK users usually prefer 'sans-serif' to
'serif' (on screen) and some user control on this would be nice to have.


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