FYI, per discussion at todays working group session https://github.com/google/woff2/commit/ab99e2f8bd62ac189ec701653d66a785cdc520ba removes glyf/loca grouping. 'otspec order' is defined as "Entries in the Table Record must be sorted in ascending order by tag." ( http://www.microsoft.com/typography/otspec/otff.htm) On Wed, Mar 4, 2015 at 4:39 AM, Chris Lilley <chris@w3.org> wrote: > Hello Roderick, > > Wednesday, March 4, 2015, 5:24:27 AM, you wrote: > > > Interesting. Reference has not matched spec for a while if the > > intent was loca follow immediately after glyf even before ttc. > > > The reference implementation code predates me, but I would venture > > to guess that "The loca table MUST follow the glyf table in the > > table directory" was interpreted as being met even if there were > > other tables in between. > > The spec text should be tightened up. If we go for allowing tables in > between, then > > "The loca table MUST be placed after glyf table in the table > directory (there may be other tables in between)." > > and if we don't > > "The loca table MUST be placed immediately after glyf table in the > table directory (there MUST NOT be other tables in between)." > > > The upshot of all this is that if we could define the spec such > > that encoding the woff2 table directory in otspec order for > > non-collections is OK it would make life simpler. > > Where 'otspec order' is 'strict alphabetical'? > > > -- > Best regards, > Chris Lilley, Technical Director, W3C Interaction Domain > >
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