- From: Myles C. Maxfield via GitHub <sysbot+gh@w3.org>
- Date: Thu, 25 Oct 2018 16:05:54 +0000
- To: public-houdini-archive@w3.org
> > I think this API needs to return first a runs array consisting of arrays of text runs of same font and directionality > > This sounds like a potential fingerprinting vector, making it easier for a page to probe details of the machine's font configuration. It’s already discoverable in JavaScript by creating `<span>`s with different contents and styling. We solved this in WebKit by ignoring all user-installed fonts, making everyone* appear to have the same set of fonts installed. It’s also worth linking to https://github.com/tc39/proposal-intl-segmenter. This proposal allows web developers to do their own line breaking. * for some definition of “everyone” -- GitHub Notification of comment by litherum Please view or discuss this issue at https://github.com/w3c/css-houdini-drafts/issues/828#issuecomment-433110557 using your GitHub account
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