- From: Dave Singer <singer@apple.com>
- Date: Tue, 11 Nov 2008 16:24:49 -0800
- To: robert@ocallahan.org, "Levantovsky, Vladimir" <Vladimir.Levantovsky@monotypeimaging.com>
- Cc: "Tab Atkins Jr." <jackalmage@gmail.com>, Ian Hickson <ian@hixie.ch>, www-style@w3.org
At 13:18 +1300 12/11/08, Robert O'Callahan wrote: >I'm trying to be reasonable. I was just pointing out that the >statement "The Web developer's choice of fonts should not in any way >be affected by the technology we are developing - he should be free >to choose any font (free, commercial, proprietary, etc.) that >satisfies his needs." is untenable. We all agree that there are >restrictions on which technologies are acceptable, and those will >probably cause some font vendors to not allow Web usage, which will >restrict Web developers' choice of fonts. > I think we may be at cross-purposes here. Designing a setup in which freely-usable fonts can be delivered 'unimpaired, unrestricted' and restricted fonts can be delivered with some indication/encouragement-to-observe their restrictions, is not, prima facie, untenable to me. Now, if you are saying that some set of font vendors will always be able to say "that's not good enough for me, you cannot use this font on the web" I agree. I would hope that that set is small, but it's only a hope. -- David Singer Multimedia Standards, Apple Inc.
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