Re:Crooked Style Sheeding – Webpage tracking using only CSS
by mrob on Tuesday January 16, 2018 @09:51AM
(#16158543)
If somebody has fonts installed for specific reasons then presumably they don't want web pages changing them. Web pages shouldn't need any more control than selecting from "serif", "sans-serif", or "monospace". The most legible font is the font you're most familiar with. I don't want web pages to use different fonts just because some marketing drone thought it was good for branding. It's disappointing that we allowed websites to abuse fonts for vector icons.
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Re:Crooked Style Sheeding – Webpage tracking using only CSS
by kmbriedis on Tuesday January 16, 2018 @12:06PM
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Have you heard a term 'design'? + sometimes you can't adjust the website to work well with all (or even the popular ones) sans-serif fonts
Re:Crooked Style Sheeding – Webpage tracking using only CSS
by goialoq on Tuesday January 16, 2018 @02:13PM
(#16161234)
Give one example where users benefit from the website forcing a special font. And even if that happens, the website can provide the font to the user. None of this requires the user telling the website host which fonts are installed.