Re: Authoring Tool Test Suite

On Friday, March 25, 2011, 4:41:17 PM, Tal wrote:

TL> http://dev.w3.org/webfonts/WOFF/spec/#conform-incorrect-reject
>> If the input font has defects or anomalies that make this impossible, the WOFF-generating tool SHOULD either reject the font or issue an appropriate warning that lossless round-trip conversion will not be possible


TL> Do you think a note at the top of the test suite page would be a
TL> good way to address this? 

Yes.

TL> It could say something like this:

TL> The tests in this suite represent SFNT data to be used for WOFF
TL> conversion without any alteration or correction. An authoring tool
TL> may allow the explicit or silent modification and/or correction of
TL> SFNT data. 

Good.

TL> In such a case, the tests in this suite that are
TL> labeled as "should not convert" may be converted so long as the
TL> problems in the files have been corrected. The bitwise identical
TL> tests may also fail as a result of an authoring tool's modifications.

TL> This is a really tricky thing to explain...

How about

In such a case, the tests in this suite that are labeled as "should not convert" may be converted, so long as the problems in the files have been corrected. In that case, there is no longer any access to the "input font" as defined in the WOFF specification, so the bitwise identical tests should be skipped.


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 Chris Lilley   Technical Director, Interaction Domain                 
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Received on Friday, 25 March 2011 15:46:02 UTC