On Fri, Aug 7, 2009 at 9:01 AM, Sylvain Galineau <sylvaing@microsoft.com>wrote: > Very nice ! > > I have one outstanding question regarding ZOT compression: what are the > concrete benefits of per-table compression ? I'm willing to risk a 'duh' > answer here :) That's fine as I have no development experience with > low-level font handling. > Being able to decompress just the CMAP would speed things up and reduce memory usage if a downloaded font turns out to not support the characters in your text. This could easily happen if content is user-generated and you don't know what language it is. Rob -- "He was pierced for our transgressions, he was crushed for our iniquities; the punishment that brought us peace was upon him, and by his wounds we are healed. We all, like sheep, have gone astray, each of us has turned to his own way; and the LORD has laid on him the iniquity of us all." [Isaiah 53:5-6]
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