- From: Thomas Phinney <tphinney@adobe.com>
- Date: Tue, 11 Nov 2008 18:39:16 -0800
- To: Gustavo Ferreira <gustavo.ferreira@hipertipo.net>, "www-style@w3.org" <www-style@w3.org>
Gustavo wrote: > > Op Nov 11, 2008, om 9:14 PM heeft Levantovsky, Vladimir het > > volgende geschreven: > > > >> On Tuesday, November 11, 2008 5:56 PM Tab Atkins Jr. wrote: > >> > >> Before we get lost in rhetoric again, let us remember that > >> existing font formats already expose such licensing restrictions. > We > >> don't have to invent any new technical solution for combining a font > >> with its restrictions. The only thing that is legitimately being > >> discussed is the matter of obfuscation: whether it is necessary > >> and, if > >> so, what manner of obfuscation is optimal. > > > > I must respectfully disagree. Existing fonts only expose > > information on embedding restrictions, all other conditions such as > > scope of use and distribution, etc., are outlined in the actual font > > license and are not machine-readable. > > i agree with vladimir, current bits do not represent the terms for > font usage on the web. Absolutely true. > this proposal by fontlab attemps to do so: http://www.eeulaa.org/ > open_type.html Which has its own issues, unfortunately. Regards, T
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