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[css2] Removed system font section (cf. Chris lilley)
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<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN">
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<html lang="en">
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<!-- $Id: ui.src,v 1.14 1997-10-21 01:08:47 ian Exp $ -->
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<!-- $Id: ui.src,v 1.15 1997-10-30 08:52:09 ian Exp $ -->
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<HEAD>
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<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1">
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<TITLE>User interface</TITLE>
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<dd>The platform-dependent default cursor (usually an arrow).
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<dt><strong>pointer</strong>
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<dd>The cursor is a pointer of some sort.
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<dd>The cursor is a pointer that indicates a link.
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<dt><strong>move</strong>
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<dd>Indicates something is to be moved
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<P>CSS2 does not allow users to specify animated cursors.
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<H2>User preferences for colors and fonts</H2>
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<H2>User preferences for colors</H2>
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<p>In addition to being able to assign pre-defined color and font
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values to text, backgrounds, etc. CSS2 allows authors to specify
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colors and fonts in a manner that integrates them into the user's
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graphic environment. For instance, color blind users may have their
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environment configured to avoid specific colors. Similarly, users may
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prefer large fonts for easier reading. Style rules that take into
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account user preferences thus offer the following advantages:
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<p>In addition to being able to assign pre-defined color values to
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text, backgrounds, etc. CSS2 allows authors to specify colors in a
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manner that integrates them into the user's graphic environment. For
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instance, color blind users may have their environment configured to
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avoid specific colors. Style rules that take into account user
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preferences thus offer the following advantages:
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<ol>
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<li>They produce pages that fit the user's defined look and feel.</li>
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<li>They produce pages that may be more accessible as the current user
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settings may be related to a disability.</li>
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<p>The set of values defined for system and font are intended to
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<p>The set of values defined for system colors is intended to
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be exhaustive. For systems that do not expose a corresponding
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value, it should be mapped to the nearest system attribute, or to
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a default color.</p>
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<h3><a name="system-colors">System Colors</a></h3>
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<p>The following lists additional values for color related CSS
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attributes and their general meaning. Any color property (e.g., <span
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class="propinst-color">'color'</span> or <span
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<h3><a name="system-fonts">System fonts</a></h3>
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<p>System fonts can only be accessed as a whole; that is, the
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font-family, size, weight, style, etc. are all set at the same
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time. The shorthand property <span class="propinst-font">'font'</span>
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is redefined to take either its normal set of font sub-properties or a
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string token (denoted <span class="index-def"
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title="&lt;system-font&gt;, definition of"><a
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name="value-def-system-font">&lt;system-font&gt;</a></span>from the
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following list:</p>
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<dl>
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<dt><strong>caption</strong>
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<dd>Font used for captioned controls (e.g.
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buttons, drop-downs, etc.)
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<dt><strong>icon</strong>
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<dd>Font used to label icons
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<dt><strong>menu</strong>
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<dd>Font used in menus
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<dt><strong>messagebox</strong>
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<dd>Font used in dialog boxes, etc.
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<dt><strong>smallcaption</strong>
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<dd>Font used for labeling small controls
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<dt><strong>statusbar</strong>
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<dd>Font used in the status bar of windows
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</dl>
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<div class="example"><P>
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For example, to specify that the font used for paragraphs should be
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the same as that used for "messageboxes", write the following:
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<PRE>
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P { font: messagebox }
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</PRE>
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</div>
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<H2>Other rendering issues that depend on user agents</H2>
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<H3>Magnification</H3>

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