Tom Livingston wrote:
> Can I spec my fallback font stack on the body, like:
> body{font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;}
>
> and then, on ONLY the elements that I wish to use a custom font, spec
> JUST the custom font, like:
> h1{font-family: 'HelveticaNeueW01-57Cn';}
> and have the fallback work properly because of the body font-family
> declaration?
>
> Or do I have to spec the whole stack on each element, like:
> h1{font-family: 'HelveticaNeueW01-57Cn',Arial,Helmet,Freesans,sans-serif;}
In this case, you need the whole stack, font stacks don't inherit this
way (i.e. if lookup fails for a <h1> element, use the font stack of
the containing element).
Depending upon what you want to do, you can handle some fallback like
this using local() within the @font-face src descriptor:
/* use a downloadable font if a local version doesn't exist */
@font-face {
font-family: Headline;
src: local(HelveticaNeueW01-57Cn), url(fonts/HelveticaNeueW01.woff);
}
This doesn't include all the gluck needed to support IE versions
before IE9, but you get the idea.
Cheers,
John Daggett
Mozilla Japan
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