- From: Ben Weiner <ben@readingtype.org.uk>
- Date: Tue, 18 Aug 2009 13:42:54 +0100
- To: www-font <www-font@w3.org>
Hi, Jonathan Kew wrote: > (Note that even if OT/OFF don't diverge, the issue of choosing what to > support already exists. Not all software supports both TrueType and > CFF outlines. Not all software supports all the layout tables, or all > the possible features that can be included in them. Not all software > supports bitmap data in sfnt containers. Unfortunately, I don't think > it's realistic for the web font format(s) to try and legislate > precisely what (sub)set of OpenType/OFF has to be implemented; that'll > just turn into another never-ending debate.) As we're still at ground level, is there any mileage in starting a wiki (or wiki page) to bring together information about which web software does support each of the options above? The most obvious one I guess is TrueType versus CFF. Might help us web developers. Ben -- Ben Weiner | http://readingtype.org.uk/about/contact.html
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