Michael Jansson wrote: > Anyone using a modern browser on a modern OS would *still* > not be able to read Hawaiians text, because they may not have a Hawaiian > font. To support such a (simple) language on the web, you need web fonts.
You don't need web fonts; it is enough to have installed fonts for the languages you can read -- which you normally would have, anyway. E. g., in <http://www.hclrss.demon.co.uk/unicode/fonts.html>, you will certainly find several fonts suitable for Hawaiian. Web fonts do not work with all browsers alike, as there is no widely accepted standard. Rather, two market-leaders have their proprietary, mutually incompatible, mechanisms. We have seen that indic example which tried clever tricks to select a web-font mechanism appropriate for the respective browser -- and still failed to provide my (fairly standard) browser with a font to display that page. Even if you do better (server- side mechanisms rather than Javascript), you will never be able to cover all browsers in the field (i. e. all browser brands, all versions; all operating systems, all configuration settings; all display types, re- solutions, and windows sizes; ...). Best wishes, Otto Stolz
