- From: Levantovsky, Vladimir <Vladimir.Levantovsky@MonotypeImaging.com>
- Date: Thu, 13 Nov 2008 09:45:55 -0500
- To: "Gustavo Ferreira" <gustavo.ferreira@hipertipo.net>, <www-style@w3.org>
On Thursday, November 13, 2008 9:28 AM Gustavo Ferreira wrote: > > sorry if this question is naive or has already been > discussed, but what are the problems with svg-fonts? wasn't > this w3c's proposal for web-fonts in the first place? why not > invest time & effort in making svg-fonts finally work, and > extend it with the necessary meta-info? > I'd suggest to read this (http://www.w3.org/TR/SVGMobile12/fonts.html#SVGFontsOverview and http://www.w3.org/TR/SVGMobile12/text.html#TextFonts) Plus, conversion of original font to SVG would in general be considered a production of derivative work that is expressly forbidden by many (if not all) font licenses. Vladimir
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