Re: Media Queries in SVG-in-OT

On Tue, Apr 12, 2016 at 3:01 PM, Leonard Rosenthol <lrosenth@adobe.com>
wrote:

> I can see that.
>
> But since most authoring of content (even web content) is done outside of
> such a context, I think it’s a very important place for us to focus.
>

Humm.  I meant on the consumption side, not authoring side.


> Leonard
>
> From: Behdad Esfahbod <behdad@google.com>
> Date: Tuesday, April 12, 2016 at 2:56 PM
> To: Leonard Rosenthol <lrosenth@adobe.com>
> Cc: "public-svgopentype@w3.org" <public-svgopentype@w3.org>, Miguel Sousa
> <msousa@adobe.com>
> Subject: 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
>> >
>>
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