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font-rationale cover page

The specifications below belong to the series 'font-rationale'

14 April 2022 - history

Tags: Web Fonts
Deliverers: Web Fonts Working Group

This is a requirements document dating to 1996, created at the start of work on Web Fonts at W3C by the Web Fonts Working Group, which is now being published as a matter of historical record.

font-rationale cover page

Fonts for the Web: Rationale, 1996