Re: Possible Names for the "supports" token for PFE

(Also +1 for streaming of course)

> On Jan 25, 2021, at 5:07 PM, Myles C. Maxfield <mmaxfield@apple.com> wrote:
> 
> +1 for incremental
> 
>> On Jan 25, 2021, at 4:35 PM, Garret Rieger <grieger@google.com <mailto:grieger@google.com>> wrote:
>> 
>> At today's meeting we discussed some possible names that might be used for the "supports" token in CSS @font-face when specifying a URL which supports progressive font enrichment. For those who haven't seen the supports syntax before:
>> 
>> @font-face {
>>   ...
>>   src: url(myfont.ttf) format(truetype supports <technology>);
>> }
>> 
>> Here's the list of names for <technology> that were mentioned at today's meeting, along with my thoughts on them:
>> incremental
>> My current favourite, describes pretty well what will be happening.
>> progressive
>> Draws parallels to progressively loaded images, however may have the incorrect connotation that you get a less good very of the font at first which is later improved upon.
>> streaming
>> Possibly implies that the transferred font is not retained between uses. Also streaming doesn't quite correctly describe the operation of patch/subset. Though it does work well for range request.
>> augmentation
>> This potentially has the same issues as progressive.
>> enrichment
>> This potentially has the same issues as progressive.
>> partial
>> This potentially has the same issues as progressive.
>> What are your thoughts? Also please add other ideas for possible names to this thread if you have any additional ones.
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