[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #36753: Use system fonts for a faster, more native-feeling admin

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#36753: Use system fonts for a faster, more native-feeling admin
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 Reporter:  helen                        |       Owner:
     Type:  task (blessed)               |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal                       |   Milestone:  4.6
Component:  Administration               |     Version:
 Severity:  normal                       |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  has-patch needs-screenshots  |     Focuses:  ui
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Comment (by Otto42):

 Replying to [comment:13 helen]:
 > Replying to [comment:8 netweb]:
 > > in [attachment:36753.4.diff] I removed the quotes around font names
 that are not required per the CSS standards.
 >
 > I am oddly torn about these quotes. I think what I like about them is
 that they separate named fonts from system aliases. But, of course, being
 inconsistent with standards and internally is not good. Any thoughts on
 that?

 I think it's a matter of dealer's choice, really.

 https://www.w3.org/TR/css-fonts-3/#font-family-prop

 > Font family names other than generic families must either be given
 quoted as strings, or unquoted as a sequence of one or more identifiers.
 This means most punctuation characters and digits at the start of each
 token must be escaped in unquoted font family names.

 > To avoid mistakes in escaping, it is recommended to quote font family
 names that contain white space, digits, or punctuation characters other
 than hyphens:

 > Font family names that happen to be the same as a keyword value ... must
 be quoted to prevent confusion with the keywords with the same names.

 So, quoting them is not necessary, but it does prevent any type of
 ambiguity. As long as you ensure that you do not accidentally quote these
 fallback keywords: inherit, serif, sans-serif, monospace, fantasy,
 cursive, initial, and default.

 The general standard I've seen elsewhere on the web is to only quote font
 names that have non-alpha characters in them, such as whitespace or
 hyphens. I think this usually is to prevent accidental quoting of the
 fallback keywords, since if quoted, those plain don't work, and since
 they're always default fallbacks, they may not be as rigorously tested on
 many platforms.

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