"system-ui" generic font family

CSS

This generic font family allows authors to style contents so it fits within the system UI.

Comments

Safari and Firefox shipped the old name, "-apple-system" on Mac, and has a bug to rename and support other platforms, but that has not been done yet. Blink has shipped non-standard name, "BlinkMacSystemFont" again only on Mac. This feature supports the standardized name on all platforms, includes aliasing old name on Mac and measure the usage for deprecation.

Specification

Editor's draft

Status in Chromium

Blink components: Blink>Fonts

Enabled by default (launch bug) in:

Chrome for desktop release 56
Chrome for Android release 56
Android WebView release 56
Opera release 43
Opera for Android release 43

Consensus & Standardization

Firefox: Public support
Edge: No public signals
Safari: Shipped
Web Developers: Positive

Owner

kojii@chromium.org

Last updated on 2017-06-26