-inkscape-font-specification should be removed

[Tavmjong Bah]

The -inkscape-font-specification property should be removed. While in theory it could be useful for tracking non-CSS compatiable font variants, in practice it just duplicates information already stored in the various font properties while making Inkscape code more complicated and Inkscape SVG output bigger. The CSS Fonts Module Level 3[1] offers an alternative way of handling font variants where the variants are kept together in the same font file.

Note, a lot of work has taken place to better handle font variants inside Inkscape since this property was added.[2] For example, Inkscape handles DejaVu Sans with 9 font variants properly.

[1] http://www.w3.org/TR/css3-fonts/
[2] https://bugs.launchpad.net/inkscape/+bug/169973 Orignal 'bug' report

[Die HumbleX (diehumblex)]

Removed font specification implementation wherever its not used otherwise

[Chris Papademetrious (chrispitude)]

Adding my vote for this. The -inkscape-font-specification attribute breaks the SVG rasterizer in our documentation publication application (ePublisher by WebWorks).

[Nathan Lee (nathan.lee)]

Closing as part of bug migration to Gitlab, issue is now tracked in https://gitlab.com/inkscape/inbox/-/issues/4704