Hello Tal,
Looking at the four fonts which must be installed for UA testing
http://dev.w3.org/webfonts/WOFF/tests/UserAgent/FontsToInstall/
on my computer (WindowsXP SP3) the two CFF fonts install correctly and the two TTF fonts give an error about and "invalid or damaged" font. The font display tool also won't display the two TTF fonts. The Microsoft font properties extension displays ok on some tabs and - whoops - on others it causes Explorer to crash.
Saving this email now ... rebooting
I was installing them from my local CVS checkout directory. If I install them from the over-the-web cvs checkout space, they are fine
http://dev.w3.org/cvsweb/webfonts/WOFF/tests/UserAgent/FontsToInstall/SFNT-TTF-Reference.ttf
The reason seems to be that the ttf and otf and woff fonts are all checked into CVS as text types, with keyword substitution. This means that they are subject to mac/pc/linux line ending conversions on checkout.
For example
http://dev.w3.org/cvsweb/webfonts/WOFF/tests/Format/Tests/blocks-extraneous-data-001.woff
It turns out that it is hard and error-prone to change the type of a file in CVS once its been added. Its easier to
a) set up the CVS client to know that woff, otf, and ttf files are *binary*
b) create a new directory
c) cvs add and then check in the files.
I would suggest webfonts/WOFF/TestSuite/
Then I will cvs delete webfonts/WOFF/tests ...
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Chris Lilley Technical Director, Interaction Domain
W3C Graphics Activity Lead, Fonts Activity Lead
Co-Chair, W3C Hypertext CG
Member, CSS, WebFonts, SVG Working Groups
