- From: Chris Lilley <chris@w3.org>
- Date: Wed, 12 Jan 2011 15:35:40 +0100
- To: Cameron McCormack <cam@mcc.id.au>
- CC: public-svg-wg@w3.org
On Wednesday, January 12, 2011, 4:45:23 AM, Cameron wrote: CM> Would anyone object if I added a WOFF fallback for SVGFreeSans (and all CM> its variations) to the test suite? This can let browsers that support CM> WOFF but not SVG Fonts, like Firefox, get rendering that is more CM> consistent with the test slide. Sure, as long as its added as an alternate and not a replacement. As this starts off as an Open Type font not an SVG font, it can be easily made with sfnt2woff and also include the relevant license text. I can do that, I can also explain how to do it if you would rather, Cam. CM> It also helps to avoid any problems in CM> the fallback system fonts. For example, in text-tspan-02-b, we run into CM> a bug in Helvetica on Mac, which causes ligatures not to be disabled CM> properly, resulting in the “fi” in “specified” not rendering.[1] CM> Specifying a WOFF version of SVGFreeSans would help us pass this test, CM> which isn’t intending to test anything about ligatures anyway. I think you mean that you would continue to pass this test but it would avoid a reviewer incorrectly thinking they failed. But, yes. CM> Actually, I don’t mind whether we do this or not, but feedback on CM> whether this would be a good/bad idea is appreciated. CM> [1] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=620278 -- Chris Lilley Technical Director, Interaction Domain W3C Graphics Activity Lead, Fonts Activity Lead Co-Chair, W3C Hypertext CG Member, CSS, WebFonts, SVG Working Groups
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