Re: EOT-Lite File Format

> > > When you say "the font is not loaded" do
> > > you mean MUST, MAY, or SHOULD?
> >
> > For implementations *only* supporting EOT-Lite, the font is not
> > loaded.  No exceptions.
> 
> I think we have a problem there.  What you describe is a
> DRM-via-standards mechanism - the very problem that EOT-lite
> supposedly cures.   This is probably a minor problem rather than one
> that needs to cause a split (is my take on the tone and content of the
> discussion).

No, it's a validity check.  If a file is XOR-swizzled or MTX
compressed it's not a valid EOT-Lite file.  Same as trying to use a
HTML file as an image file, it's not in a valid format.

Received on Friday, 31 July 2009 00:20:41 UTC