Re: .webfont Proposal

On Fri, Jul 10, 2009 at 8:58 AM, John Daggett <jdaggett@mozilla.com> wrote:

> common format for information that is passed through.  Fonts just happen
> to already have a convenient place to put this information, which is not
> necessarily true for other media types.
>

All other media types I know of that are used on the Web *do* have a place
to put arbitrary metadata.

I pointed this out in a recent email analyzing Tom's proposal, which for
some reason he has not responded to.

Rob
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own way; and the LORD has laid on him the iniquity of us all." [Isaiah
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