- From: Ian Hickson <ian@hixie.ch>
- Date: Thu, 24 Aug 2006 23:36:23 +0000 (UTC)
- To: "Paul Nelson (ATC)" <paulnel@winse.microsoft.com>
- Cc: www-style@w3.org
On Thu, 24 Aug 2006, Paul Nelson (ATC) wrote: > > > > No more than for the <img> element. Probably significantly fewer > > concerns, if we ignore the name altogether... (it's hard to say that > > you're confusing the meaning of a trademark if you don't use it at > > all!) > > I suppose if one uses AddFontMemResourceEx() on the Windows platform the > handle to the font can be cached. > > Of course all other GDI functions to CreateFont, etc. will take a > logfont structure that needs the facename to access the right font. > > I believe that some more recent OSes like from Apple allow the font to > be installed from anywhere. However, one cannot assume that an OS will > not need the name of the font to use it. Maybe David can share what > Apple does. By the time the font is being installed, the UA has access to the name -- it's the name in the font file. -- Ian Hickson U+1047E )\._.,--....,'``. fL http://ln.hixie.ch/ U+263A /, _.. \ _\ ;`._ ,. Things that are impossible just take longer. `._.-(,_..'--(,_..'`-.;.'
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