Exactly 20 years ago – to the minute – this WebKit bug report was submitted for an issue where font features were broken across <span> elements and other inline box boundaries:
https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=6148
Thankfully, after 20 year of being woefully relevant, some fixes are finally arriving in major WebKit browsers.🎉
Nick Sherman
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2025-12-19 12:47:12 UTC
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