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Re:58 Bytes of CSS to look great nearly everywhere by lifthrasiir on Monday April 08, 2019 @10:16PM (#19611130)
> Not a big fan of @font-face. Another host to visit. Another asset to download. My fonts are fine. If I have the font you like, then great! If I don't, please make it look reasonable with system defaults.

I will reiterate my past comment that it is inevitable for many non-English scripts.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19569571

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Re:58 Bytes of CSS to look great nearly everywhere by GoblinSlayer on Tuesday April 09, 2019 @08:06AM (#19613745)
Only Korean? But if you don't have a decent font on your machine, how the text is rendered?
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Re:58 Bytes of CSS to look great nearly everywhere by lifthrasiir on Tuesday April 09, 2019 @02:15PM (#19617499)
> Only Korean?

AFAIK there is a similar problem for Japanese: MS Mincho/Gothic, MS PMincho/PGothic (this one is too popular that there are several metric-compatible free fonts), MS UI Gothic, Meiryo, Yu Gothic, Hiragino font family and of course Noto Sans CJK.

> But if you don't have a decent font on your machine, how the text is rendered?

Awfully. Imagine that everything is rendered in System or Fixedsys.

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