[whatwg] Semantic use of the <font> element

At 18:12  -0700 12/04/07, Bill Mason wrote:
>Using an image would also avoid the issues that would come up if you 
>were demonstrating a font via markup that a user doesn't happen to 
>have installed.  The browser could wind up defaulting to a 
>completely different font than what you were attempting to 
>illustrate.
>

I think we are all in violent agreement here.  If you are trying to 
say something visual ("it looks like this"), then nothing works quite 
like a picture.  Sounds like a truism, I know.
-- 
David Singer
Apple Computer/QuickTime

Received on Thursday, 12 April 2007 18:32:35 UTC