- From: Levantovsky, Vladimir <Vladimir.Levantovsky@MonotypeImaging.com>
- Date: Tue, 11 Nov 2008 17:47:35 -0500
- To: "Dave Singer" <singer@apple.com>, "Ian Hickson" <ian@hixie.ch>
- Cc: <www-style@w3.org>
On Tuesday, November 11, 2008 5:38 PM Dave Singer wrote: > > On Nov 11, 2008, at 2:04 PM, Ian Hickson wrote: > > > > > On Mon, 10 Nov 2008, Dave Singer wrote: > >> > >> I'm going to try to summarize what I think I am hearing. I don't > >> necessarily agree or disagree with what this, you understand, I am > >> trying to get clarity in at least my own mind. > >> > >> On the 'serving' side, we are looking for an indication in > the font > >> that shows whether it's freely usable or not. > > > > It's unclear that we should be looking for this, unless > knowing this > > solves a user or Web developer problem. Does it? > > > > [remaining clear that this is merely a summary of what I > think I read, not a proposal] > > I think it's that we have to admit that both restricted-use > and free fonts may exist, and those making restricted-use > fonts want there to be some indications and support for the > restrictions, and those making/using free fonts think that > there should not be such indications or tech. support for > (non-existent) restrictions. > I think we also have to admit that the Web developer should be the only authority to make a decision what fonts to use and where to get them. Limiting them to use only free-as-in-freedom fonts would deprive them of their own freedom-as-liberty. Cheers, Vlad
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