Re: WOFF and extended metadata

John Hudson wrote:

> Jonathan Kew wrote:
> > Just as image viewers can reasonably be expected to display a JPEG
> > even if the EXIF data is junk - provided the file is structurally
> > sound so that the actual image data can be interpreted - so also UAs
> > should proceed to render fonts even if the metadata is junk,
> > provided the file is structurally sound.
> 
> I think that is reasonable, so long as the metadata is simply ignored.
> What I would like to avoid is any situation in which the UA strips the
> metadata.

I'm not at all clear on what "stripping" the metadata means here.  After
a WOFF file is downloaded, the user agent reconstitutes the font data,
activates it and uses the font.  The metadata, well-formed or not, is
not involved.  When a user wants to view font data, the user agent looks
at the metadata and displays it or displays an error noting that it's
not well-formed. 

Regards, 

John Daggett

Received on Thursday, 20 May 2010 20:58:52 UTC