On Tue, Sep 16, 2014 at 5:47 PM, Jonathan Kew <jfkthame@gmail.com> wrote: > On 16/9/14 12:54, WebFonts Working Group Issue Tracker wrote: > >> WOFF-ACTION-150: Make private data block section clear regarding >> compression >> >> http://www.w3.org/Fonts/WG/track/actions/150 >> >> Assigned to: Vladimir Levantovsky >> >> > Just to confirm here: I assume the intention is to clarify that the > private data block is NOT part of the Brotli-compressed stream, and is NOT > compressed in any way as far as the WOFF2 spec is concerned - right? > > (If a vendor chooses to put a Brotli-compressed block of data there, or > any other compressed format, they're of course free to do so. But as far as > the WOFF2 spec is concerned, it's simply an opaque block of bytes with no > known format or interpretation.) > > Does this match your understanding of the intent? Correct. The specification will convey that private data is just a collection of bytes (and not refer to compression, which could otherwise be confusing as you noted). Thank you Jonathan! > > > JK > > >
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