A lightning talk, given at Libre Graphics Meeting 2013 in Madrid. My favorite feature request for Desktop Publishing (DTP) software makers: bring your style definitions on par with CSS, and let us edit the style rules **in the code**, if we want to. Nowadays, we designers know CSS. We want that flexibility for our text style definitions!

1. w h a t
t e x t s t y l e s
c o u l d l e a r n
f r o m c s s
( a f e a t u r e r e q u e s t )
l g m 2 0 1 3 m a d r i d

2. 3 assumptions

3. assumption #1
many graphic designers
know the basics of css.

4. assumption #2
in the future, most
graphic designers will
know some css.

5. assumption #3
90% of text style features
we use also exist in css.

6. feature request

7. provide a "code view"
in the styles GUI.

10. • does define "underline"
• does not define size
• does not define typeface

12. is inherited
from default
style
(but how can
we know?)

13. let’s define
another font

14. indeed, the FONT is defined.

15. but how can
we undefine
it?
there’s no
GUI for that.

16. a proposal

18. #1: we can see
what’s defined

19. #2: we can
undefine!

20. maybe also:
bring the style syntax
closer to CSS.

23. we’re doing some CSS
conversion anyway:
• HTML import / export
• EPUB export

24. thanx ;)