Interactive test, font-family:generic(nastaliq) will apply a nastaliq font in Urdu https://github.com/w3c/character_phrase_tests/issues/63 This issue is applicable to Urdu, Kashmiri, and other Arabic script orthographies. Languages such as Urdu and Kashmiri are written in a nastaliq style of Arabic, and authors will typically want any font fallback to select another nastaliq font, rather than a naskh or other font. More: - Arabic & Persian Layout Requirements (https://www.w3.org/TR/alreq/#h_writing_styles) - Urdu (Nastaliq Arabic) Orthography Notes/Font styles (https://r12a.github.io/scripts/arab/ur.html#writing_styles) - Nastaliq system fonts (https://r12a.github.io/scripts/fontlist/index.html?script=arab#nastaliq) The GAP Currently there is no way to tell the browser to fall back to a nastaliq font, rather than a naskh or other font. Neither Gecko, Blink, nor Webkit support this. Before they can, CSS needs to provide a way for authors to indicate that a nastaliq generic font should be used. Priority This is a high priority for languages such as Urdu and Kashmiri, where nastaliq fonts are the norm, and incorrect substitutions may cause readability and cultural issues. It is also a useful feature for other languages, such as Persian or Kurdish, where nastaliq styles may be used for certain types of text. The CSS Fonts 4 spec now defines (https://drafts.csswg.org/css-fonts-4/#generic-family-name-syntax) a generic(ident) syntax which will be used for newly-introduced, and especially for script-specific, generics. generic(nastaliq) (https://drafts.csswg.org/css-fonts-4/#generic(nastaliq)-def) has been added as one of the generic family names. This issue is being tracked by the W3C at https://github.com/w3c/alreq/issues/276
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