Re: [css3-fonts] new editor's draft

On Wed, Jan 21, 2009 at 12:23 AM, Zack Weinberg <zweinberg@mozilla.com> wrote:
>
> John Daggett <jdaggett@mozilla.com> wrote:
>> Zack Weinberg <zweinberg@mozilla.com> wrote:

>> As for the second issue, what the name within local() means, it will
>> vary with format but I think we need to define this clearly for
>> TrueType/OpenType fonts to assure cross-platform consistency.

That is a *huge* issue. There are a lot of different "name" fields in
a font, and which one is meant is quite unclear. I've seen engineers
forced to invent completely arbitrary interpretations just to do
*something*. I think it's a most unsatisfactory and troubling
situation.

regards,

T

Received on Wednesday, 21 January 2009 08:36:22 UTC