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Fonts for font matching need to be installed
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css-fonts
infra
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Description
We can't entirely test font matching without actually installing some fonts. (Some things can be partially tested with web fonts, but not entirely.)
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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 CSS Fonts font-matching algorithm linked in the issue and inspect the existing web-font-based tests. Done means the WPT suite can run font-matching cases that depend on installed fonts, covering behavior that web fonts cannot fully exercise.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- css, html
- Domain
- testing, web-dev
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100