lang 6.x

The HTML lang attribute has a number of uses:

• when OTL tables are being used for a font, the language from the lang attribute is used to select which OTL features are applied;
• used in conjunction with CSS :lang selector to allow CSS styles to be applied;
• can be used in conjunction with autoLangToFont and autoScriptToLang (cf.)

mPDF supports use of the lang selector in CSS. All of the following are supported:

• :lang(fr)
• p:lang(fr)
• span:lang("syr")
• [lang="fr"]
• [lang='fr']
• p[lang=fr]
• p[lang="zh-TW"]

Note: [lang=zh] will match lang="zh-TW" and lang="zh-HK"

Limitation: class selectors and attribute selectors should be of equal specificity in CSS specification e.g.

:lang(syr) { color: blue; }

.syriac { color: red; }

should be of equal specificity, and thus apply whichever comes later in the CSS stylesheet. mPDF however gives :lang priority over .class

The use of the lang attribute and CSS selector is the recommended method for handling multi-lingual documents

Language tags

IETF tags should be used for lang which comply with the following:

• a 2 or 3 letter Language code, followed optionally by
• a hyphen and a 4 letter Script code, and or
• a hyphen and a 2 letter Region code
• i.e. [xx|xxx]{-Xxxx}{-XX}
• mPDF deals with IETF tags as case insensitive