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by jefftk 2135 days ago
While I think you're right that the last two are very uncommon, they are not a large contributor to the complexity of handling font sizing. Once you've done all the rest, I suspect you could add them with <5% more work.

Leaving out rare features to build a browser more quickly only makes sense if those features let you remove a lot of complexity from your implementation.

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When it gets to the point of diving into the last two, the article literally says:

> Alright, this is where it gets complicated.

I haven't implemented any of the above myself, but the author at least seems to think the last two are where the complexity is concentrated.

Sorry, you're right. I've gone back and read the article and there was complexity in those two that I had completely forgotten about.