Re: Media Queries in SVG-in-OT

Hi Leonard,

IMO, these are the kind of things that make it much harder to support SVG
glyphs outside of a browser context.

behdad

On Tue, Apr 12, 2016 at 6:13 AM, Leonard Rosenthol <lrosenth@adobe.com>
wrote:

> One our of engineers posted something interesting to an internal list
> about how they are exploring using media queries in a glyph description in
> an SVG-in-OT font.   That got me to thinking.
>
> Do we believe that MQ’s should be allowed as part of a glyph
> description??   And if so, is inside the SVG the right place to put it?
>
> On one hand, I can see the potential benefits in that it would enable a
> form of “hinting”, ensuring that they can be tailored to specific
> environments.  But it would also concern me that you could get different
> looking glyphs on different devices (though that can already happen with
> SVG-in-OT fonts between, for example, screen and print).
>
> But if we want to allow MQ’s - is inside the SVG really the best place?
> Because once we’re down in the SVG, it means that there would be no way (at
> that I can see) where the MQ could point “out” to the standard glyph
> description.  And that might be what you want in certain cases, which is
> the original description as it’s already well hinted for a particular
> device.
>
> Thoughts??
>
> Leonard
>
>
>
>
> On 4/12/16, 2:47 AM, someone wrote:
>
> >Has anyone considered using SVG documents with media queries?
> >The SVG could contain the various versions of the same graphic, which
> would be selected depending on the screen resolution or the size the icon
> is being displayed at.
> >SVGs can contain both vector and raster artwork, so it seems it could be
> a very container for icons.
> >
> >Attached are two test files I put together. Load them in the browser and
> change the width of the window around 900px.
> >
> >I’m exploring using this in SVG-in-OpenType fonts, BTW.
> >
> >Miguel
> >
>