- From: Ben Weiner <ben@readingtype.org.uk>
- Date: Fri, 17 Jul 2009 20:28:35 +0100
- To: www-font <www-font@w3.org>
Hi Thomas Phinney wrote: [in response to my question about optical size support in OpenType fonts and font-handling software] > I don't really see that. There's already a location for the info that > coudl be used for both the desktop and the web, and replacing that > with a web-only approach would be a step backwards. Even adding a > web-only approach would be unfortunate, as getting the existing > mechanism supported would put pressure on other software vendors to do > the same. > > Sounds like a better solution, yes. Thanks for the clarification. If it's a problem that already has a technical solution that is unversially applicable, let's use that existing technical solution and widen the knowledge base :-) I'd love to see how the decision about the optical size is made: is the pixel-pitch of the monitor taken into account? Cheers, Ben -- Ben Weiner | http://readingtype.org.uk/about/contact.html
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