- From: Robert O'Callahan <robert@ocallahan.org>
- Date: Sun, 17 Nov 2013 18:03:40 -0800
- To: David Dailey <ddailey@zoominternet.net>
- Cc: Cameron McCormack <cam@mcc.id.au>, www-svg <www-svg@w3.org>
- Message-ID: <CAOp6jLb9N8oYTmT3baGU4n-Jvm+H9bOfjHMC2jUczfLzEYnRJw@mail.gmail.com>
On Fri, Nov 15, 2013 at 3:39 AM, David Dailey <ddailey@zoominternet.net>wrote: > ChrisL > ... I propose that we get rid of SVG Fonts completely from SVG > 2 > > cyril: what is problematic with removing this is making them on > the fly > > ChrisL: have you seen roc's font workshop page? > > cyril: no... > > Am not sure if the font workshop page resolves Cyril's question or not. > Does it? > Yes. http://people.mozilla.com/~roc/animated-SVG-glyphs.webm https://github.com/rocallahan/svg-opentype-workshop Losing the ability to define new fonts on the fly, client-side would > present a major crippling of current functionality. > You're not losing it. svg-opentype-workshop provides an MPL2-licensed JS library for reading and writing the SVG glyph data in an OpenType font (client-side). Creating a complete font from scratch would require a little more work but nothing particularly difficult. If svg-in-opentype gives some mechanism for providing for client-side > generation of fonts that include color, gradients, animation, patterns, > (namely the whole ball of wax that SVG fonts provides) then I'm cool. > Good, you're cool :-). Rob -- Jtehsauts tshaei dS,o n" Wohfy Mdaon yhoaus eanuttehrotraiitny eovni le atrhtohu gthot sf oirng iyvoeu rs ihnesa.r"t sS?o Whhei csha iids teoa stiheer :p atroa lsyazye,d 'mYaonu,r "sGients uapr,e tfaokreg iyvoeunr, 'm aotr atnod sgaoy ,h o'mGee.t" uTph eann dt hwea lmka'n? gBoutt uIp waanndt wyeonut thoo mken.o w
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