Re: CSS3 @font-face / EOT Fonts - new compromise proposal

At 11:08  -0800 10/11/08, Brady Duga wrote:
>On Nov 10, 2008, at 10:51 AM, Dave Singer wrote:
>>
>>If a user-agent is requested to use an embedded font that is not 
>>labelled as freely usable, and that font is not 'obfuscated', the 
>>UA MUST refuse to use the font.
>
>Does this imply that a local font could not be used for a local CSS 
>document if it is not marked as allowed for embedding? Or is this 
>somehow tied to the transport mechanism?

ah, forgot that case.

>So, only files served using a scheme that requires network access 
>would require this? What about other forms of 
>encryption/obfuscation? Would those be illegal?

Specs only tell you what you are required to do;  you can always do 
other things if you want to.
-- 
David Singer
Multimedia Standards, Apple Inc.

Received on Monday, 10 November 2008 19:13:16 UTC