- From: Håkon Wium Lie <howcome@opera.com>
- Date: Thu, 27 Apr 2006 23:37:52 +0200
- To: David Woolley <david@djwhome.demon.co.uk>
- Cc: www-style@w3.org
Also sprach David Woolley:
> > conclusion? That, since they are independent resources, the "embedding
> > bits" aren't relevant and should be ignored?
>
> No. That native TTF fonts are only supportable if they are installable
> embeddable (level 4).
I agree.
> Generally, though, level 4 is only used for
> loss leaders by the font industry.
Perhaps, if you by "industry" mean the commercial vendors. I havn't
checked many commercial fonts. There are, however, many beautiful
level 4 fonts made freely available by independent designers. They
represent an untapped resource for more varied typography on the web.
-h&kon
Håkon Wium Lie CTO °þe®ª
howcome@opera.com http://people.opera.com/howcome
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