From: Mark Gilbert (webmaster@dofty.zzn.com)
Date: Fri Jul 05 2002 - 01:01:30 EDT
To clarify what I just wrote, we wouldn't even need the first two
options of Andrew's at all. Just the code for fallback and the remap
table in prefs (with the few standard defaults of course) that would
tell what to fall back to, with a wildcard for those not otherwise
defined.
The only possible problems:
1) File bloat, while miniscule, would exist if the user never planned on
sending back to whoever wrote it the first time (with the original
font).
2) If the fallback didn't exist on a system. fallback tag would have to
be relative, so that:
<font><fallback-font><fallback-font>lalala</fallback-font></fallback-font></font>
Would be seen "if we dont have font, use fallback font, and if we dont
have that, use the fallback font next inside". Then once a match is
found, ignore those further inward, and if one isnt found, use the
wildcard fallback.
I had another issue, but I forgot it.
Anyway, this seems like it might cut down on the code bloat a little as
well as the promptage.
Brainstwoming
-MG
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