NEW323090
No support for Mul generic font family 
https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=323090
Summary No support for Mul generic font family
Fuqiao Xue
Reported 2026-09-01 02:12:45 PDT
Modern Khmer has several distinct styles of font, each of which is used for different purposes. The round style (អក្សរមូល /ʔɑːksɑː muːl/) has heavier, more rounded letter shapes, and includes more ligated forms. It is commonly used for titles and headings in Cambodian documents, books, or currency, as well as on shop signs or banners. It may also be used to emphasise important names or nouns. The regular font weight looks like bolded text in comparison to the upright font style. Authors using a Mul font in their text should be able to indicate that any font fallback picks a Mul font, rather than a random Khmer font. Otherwise, the distinctions between certain types of text on a page may be lost. More: - [Cambodian (Khmer) Orthography Notes/Font styles](https://r12a.github.io/scripts/khmr/km.html#writing_styles) - [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khmer_alphabet#Styles) - [Khmer system fonts](https://r12a.github.io/scripts/fontlist/index.html?script=arab#nastaliq) ### The GAP Currently there is no way to tell WebKit to fall back to a Mul font, rather than another font. ### Priority This is a useful feature for Khmer, which uses the Mul style frequently in documents and signage. ### Tests & results <i>Interactive test</i>, [font-family:generic(mul) will apply a Mul font in Khmer](https://github.com/w3c/character_phrase_tests/issues/66) ### Action taken Discussion document: [Generic font families](https://github.com/w3c/i18n-discuss/wiki/Generic-font-families) CSS discussion threads: - [Add generic font family, Khmer Mul](https://github.com/w3c/csswg-drafts/issues/10036) Closed
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Comment 1 2026-09-08 02:13:12 PDT
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