[css-fonts-5] Removing font-language-override
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Description
font-language-override is only implemented by one engine, and has been at risk for a long time.
Philosophically, there shouldn't be two places authors can specify language to get correct text shaping.
We should remove font-language-override from the spec.
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start with the linked font-language-override definition in the CSS Fonts specification, then search the css-fonts-5 draft for its definition and references. Done means the property and its specification references are removed consistently, with the draft still building cleanly.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- css
- Domain
- documentation
- Issue type
- Refactor
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 30/100