- From: Chris Wilson <Chris.Wilson@microsoft.com>
- Date: Wed, 17 Jun 2009 23:47:08 +0000
- To: "www-style@w3.org" <www-style@w3.org>
On Tue, 16 Jun 2009 Ian Hickson <ian@hixie.ch> wrote: >On Tue, 16 Jun 2009, Levantovsky, Vladimir wrote: >> The important point is that we seem to agree we need a universally >> supported web font wrapper that would allow to put "signs and fences" to >> reduce a risk of font piracy to a level that would be acceptable for >> font foundries. > >FWIW, I don't think there is anything resembling consensus on this point. Consensus from whom, and how are we counting? >If today's font foundries aren't willing to trust their customers, they >will be replaced by companies that are. That's a rather scorched-earth philosophy. How many talented font hinters (read: people capable of making readable body-text-size screen fonts) do you think there are in the world? I read this idea as a realization that hey, TTF/OTF was not designed for this scenario; maybe it doesn't actually give enough information FOR this scenario. You know, rather than dismissing out of hand the idea that maybe a more targeted, cooperatively designed solution might need to be developed. -Chris
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