Re: Embedded fonts + generic font families

Hi Glenn,

Your conclusion is that tts:fontFamily="proportionalSerif" is always
implementation-dependent and cannot be overridden by the author?

Best,

-- Pierre

On Thu, Jan 24, 2019 at 2:27 PM Glenn Adams <glenn@skynav.com> wrote:

> I have (since around October) had the following note on my TODO list for
> filing issues against TTML2:
>
> + [SUBSTANTIVE] do not allow @family on font element to be
>
>  a <generic-family-name> (either unquoted or quoted);
>
> On Thu, Jan 24, 2019 at 2:08 AM Pierre-Anthony Lemieux <pal@sandflow.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Good morning/evening,
>>
>> Say the following is present in a TTML2 document:
>>
>>   <resources>
>>     <font family="default" range="u+20-7f,u+90-9f">
>>       <source src="http://example.com/fonts/default.otf"
>> type="font/otf"/>
>>     </font>
>>   </resources>
>>
>> In the following snippet, is a presentation processor expected to use the
>> embedded font, or is the font selection sill left to the implementation?
>>
>> <p tts:fontFamily="default">font above or application-selected?</p>
>>
>> Best,
>>
>> -- Pierre
>>
>