- From: Dave Singer <singer@apple.com>
- Date: Tue, 11 Nov 2008 16:13:12 -0800
- To: Ian Hickson <ian@hixie.ch>
- Cc: www-style@w3.org
At 0:06 +0000 12/11/08, Ian Hickson wrote: >On Tue, 11 Nov 2008, Dave Singer wrote: >> > > >> > > On the 'serving' side, we are looking for an indication in the font >> > > that shows whether it's freely usable or not. >> > >> > It's unclear that we should be looking for this, unless knowing this >> > solves a user or Web developer problem. Does it? >> >> I think it's that we have to admit that both restricted-use and free >> fonts may exist, and those making restricted-use fonts want there to be >> some indications and support for the restrictions > >I agree that this is the case. > >My question is, why do we care? We should be caring about the needs of the >users and Web developers above all else. And it doesn't seem to me that >there is a problem faced by these constituencies that is solved by making >the technology work less well for those constituencies. I *think* the argument is that it makes things better for web designers and users, because if there is some handling of restricted-use fonts with which the font foundries are comfortable, they'll allow web use of their commercial fonts by said designers and for said users, which is desirable. I think. -- David Singer Multimedia Standards, Apple Inc.
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