https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=16697
--- Comment #25 from Andrew Cunningham <[email protected]> 2008-12-29 22:38:17 UTC --- (In reply to comment #23) > > 4) That appropriate (monospaces, serif, sans-serif) fonts are available for > the > language in question > A clarification on my comment, with respect to monospaced fonts. It is important to note that there are few monospaced fonts (if any) that support various lesser used languages. And for many writing scripts monospaced fonts are inappropriate. Looking at windows environment for instance, you'll find that for most scripts there isn't a monospaced font available. For various dubious reasons certain browsers default to monospaced fonts for displaying text in certain html elements. This is poor internationalisation. It doesn't scale in a truly multilingual environment. Using generic font families can be a problem when you are developing or maintaining a truly multilingual environment. They are useful in themes and skins, so that the themes or skins can be made language neutral, but the themes or skins then need to be overlaid with language specific styling to ensure that all text has a chance of displaying. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are the assignee for the bug. You are on the CC list for the bug. _______________________________________________ Wikibugs-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikibugs-l
