Re: SVG Fonts [...]

On Wed, Jun 2, 2010 at 10:18 PM, Alex Danilo <alex@abbra.com> wrote:
> Roc,
>
> --Original Message--:
>><snip/>
>>Probably more people work with Opentype daily than SVG.
>
> When was the last time a web developer designed so much as one glyph in an Opentype font?
> Have you?
>
> Yet Illustrator, Corel Draw, Inkscape _all_ generate content with SVG fonts.

I haven't used it lately, for obvious reasons (poor browser support)
but Batik deserves a mention as an excellent tool for converting fonts
to SVG.

> ASV, Batik, Safari, Chrome, Opera and _all_ shipped (> 700 million) mobile viewers
> support SVG Fonts.
>
> Firefox currently is the only browser aligning  with IE9 in ignoring SVG Fonts in their
> implementations.
>
> Astounding!
>
> Alex

-- 
Cheers!
Rick

Received on Thursday, 3 June 2010 17:56:45 UTC