Definition and Usage
Normally, authors can control the use of language-specific glyph substitutions and positioning by setting the content language of an element, as described above:
<!-- Display text using S'gaw Karen specific features --> <p lang="ksw">...</p>
In some cases, authors may need to specify a language system that differs from the content language, for example due to the need to mimic another language's typographic traditions. The ‘font-language-override’ property allows authors to explicitly specify the language system of the font, overriding the language system implied by the content language.
| Name: | font-language-override |
| Value: | normal | <string> |
| Initial: | normal |
| Applies to: | all elements |
| Inherited: | yes |
| Percentages: | N/A |
| Media: | visual |
| Computed value: | as specified |
| Animatable: | no |
Syntax
font-language-override : normal | <string>
Values
- normal
- specifies that when rendering with OpenType fonts, the content language of the element is used to infer the OpenType language system
- <string>
- single three-letter case-sensitive OpenType language system tag, specifies the OpenType language system to be used instead of the language system implied by the language of the element
Examples
<body lang="mk"> <!-- Macedonian lang code -->
body { font-language-override: "SRB"; /* Serbian OpenType language tag */ }
<h4>Члeн 9</h4>
<p>Никoj чoвeк нeмa дa бидe пoдлoжeн нa прoизвoлнo aпсeњe, притвoр или прoгoнувaњe.</p>
