Re: Minutes, 16 February 2011 WebFonts WG telcon

Maciej Stachowiak wrote:

 > I believe there are three separate dimensions to the From-Origin
 > proposal:
 > 
 > (1) Define any embedding restrictions related to fonts as part of
 > the CSS3 Fonts spec (the place where @font-face is defined) instead
 > of as part of the WOFF file format spec, so the rules apply
 > consistently to all fonts.
 > 
 > (2) Instead of using CORS headers to change the defaults for
 > allowing font embedding, use a proposed new mechanism for limiting
 > hotlinking (From-Origin) that can apply to any resource type.
 > 
 > (3) Change the default to be that cross-site font embedding is
 > allowed (as opposed to presuming "From-Origin: same" in the absence
 > of a From-Origin header for @font-face).
 > 
 > I think that on the call, we had rough consensus on #1 and #2.

This is good.

 > #3 still seems controversial. Most of those who spoke up on today's
 > telecon believed that the default should still be to forbid
 > cross-site font embedding by default. I personally disagreed and
 > thought it was better to make fonts consistent with other resource
 > types.

Yes, it seems better to not have resource-specific defaults.

-h&kon
              Håkon Wium Lie                          CTO °þe®ª
howcome@opera.com                  http://people.opera.com/howcome

Received on Thursday, 17 February 2011 09:59:17 UTC