159252 - Proportional doesn't belong in the fonts for groupbox

Status: RESOLVED INVALID

(SeaMonkey :: Preferences, defect)

Description

[timeless]

This is one of those if it looks like a shoe and feels like a shoe, then I
expect it to be a shoe. or something...

steps:
edit>preferences>appearance>fonts

I know, we've been here before, but let's try again.

If I select a font in one family (say Hebrew:Fantasy:Arial), it doesn't
magically occupy Western:Fantasy (see bug 159250).

So why is it that when I select Sans-serif/Serif it magically bleeds through?

Here's the relevant help text:
    *  Fonts for: Choose a language character set. For instance, to set default
fonts for the Western (Roman) character set, choose "Western."
          o Proportional: Select whether proportional text should be serif (like
Times Roman) or sans-serif (like Arial). You can also specify what font size you
want for proportional text. Proportional text is variable in width, so
characters and letters vary in width.
          o Serif: Select a serif font you want to use for web pages.
          o Sans-serif: Select a sans-serif font you want to use for web pages.
          o Cursive: Select a cursive font you want to use for web pages.
          o Fantasy: Select a fantasy you want to use for web pages.
          o Monospace: Select a monospace font (like Courier) you want to use
for web pages. Monospace text is fixed in width, so each character or letter
takes the same amount of space.

The help text (new bug?) implies that I should be able to select proportional
independently for each 'language character set'.

Comment 1

[Gervase Markham [:gerv]]

Someone has more feet than they should have.

Gerv

Comment 2

[[e-mail] (away - not reading bugmail)]

Please note that the term 'language character set' is incorrect. The dropdown is
merely a selector for a corresponding 'language group'...

Comment 3

[Simon Montagu :smontagu]

Dupe of bug 95227?

Comment 4

[Stefan Borggraefe]

With bug 95227 fixed, "Proportional" now belongs to the "Fonts for
..."-groupbox, which makes this bug INVALID.