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New generic font family names should be unsupported #43412

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https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/Reference/Properties/font-family

What specific section or headline is this issue about?

Values and Compatibility

What information was incorrect, unhelpful, or incomplete?

The "Values" section should be updated. It should describe the generic(xxx) values listed in "Formal syntax" section. For reference, check https://drafts.csswg.org/css-fonts/#generic(fangsong)-def

The compatibility section list values such as kai, khmer-mul, nastaliq as supported since the beginning. But these are script specific generic font names added recently into the CSS spec draft, and at this moment, no browser support them.

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Those issues fixed.

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For details about the script-specific generic font names, check these links:
https://w3c.github.io/i18n-drafts/articles/typography/fontstyles.en.html
https://github.com/w3c/i18n-discuss/wiki/Generic-font-families
https://drafts.csswg.org/css-fonts/

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