Re: Item for discussion : referencing OFF conformance level

> Just to clarify - the OFF conformance levels (defined by ISO/IEC
> 14496-4 / AMD26) are designed in the way that allow different
> implementations pick and choose the desirable functionality. There are
> five levels that (simplified for brevity) define the following sets of
> features:
> 
> level 1 - supported for unhinted TTF outlines;
> level 2 - support for hinted TTF outlines;
> level 3 - support for CFF outlines;
> level 4 - support for embedded bitmaps;
> level 5 - support for advanced text layout features.
> 
> Implementations can claim conformance to a set of different levels
> (e.g. implementation that offer full support for TTF with advanced
> features would claim conformance with levels 2,4 and 5).

Hmmm, interesting.  So the "level" isn't really a level but a subset
of the full OFF feature set?  For WOFF, I think the natural target
would seem to be levels 1 and 3.  CSS3 Fonts would require level 5 in
addition.  I don't think requiring bitmap font support makes sense and
hinted TTF outlines aren't supported on OSX (depending I guess on the
exact definition of conformance).

Regards,

John Daggett

Received on Wednesday, 25 August 2010 03:05:23 UTC