RE: 1.1 2nd edition last call comment : fill-rule on text elements

But couldn't you achieve the same thing by putting the fill-rule on a <g> instead of the <text>?

-----Original Message-----
From: public-svg-wg-request@w3.org [mailto:public-svg-wg-request@w3.org] On Behalf Of Alex Danilo
Sent: Wednesday, August 11, 2010 8:11 PM
To: Cameron McCormack
Cc: Patrick Dengler; SVG Working Group WG
Subject: Re: 1.1 2nd edition last call comment : fill-rule on text elements

+1.

For the record they render differently in Vidualize as well (i.e. as they should).

Alex

--Original Message--:
>Patrick Dengler:
>> We don't believe fill-rule belongs on text elements.
>>
>> http://dev.w3.org/SVG/profiles/1.1F2/publish/painting.html#FillProperties

>>
>> We cannot think of a scenario where this would apply to text.
>>
>> We would like to make this minor adjustment to the spec (remove
>> application to text) unless we are missing something.
>
>It applies in the case of SVG Fonts, where complex glyphs inherit
>properties from the text content element that references them.  The two
><text> elements in http://mcc.id.au/2010/text-fill-rule.svg render
>differently in Batik.
>
>-- 
>Cameron McCormack ≝ http://mcc.id.au/

>
>

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