- From: Chris Lilley <chris@w3.org>
- Date: Wed, 13 Jul 2011 12:19:31 +0200
- To: "Eric J. Bowman" <eric@bisonsystems.net>
- CC: Larry Masinter <masinter@adobe.com>, "karld@opera.com" <karld@opera.com>, "nrm@arcanedomain.com" <nrm@arcanedomain.com>, "www-tag@w3.org" <www-tag@w3.org>, "ndw@nwalsh.com" <ndw@nwalsh.com>
On Wednesday, July 13, 2011, 1:45:43 AM, Eric wrote: EJB> I don't see image EJB> replacement going away any time soon, as WOFF (unlike EOT) requires the EJB> user-agent to download the entire font as opposed to the limited number EJB> of glyphs required for a site's headings (in many cases). Somewhat off topic but I didn't want this misinformation to go unaddressed. That is an incorrect characterization. Whether an original font has been subsetted, lightly or extensively, is orthogonal to whether the delivery format is EOT or WOFF. -- Chris Lilley Technical Director, Interaction Domain W3C Graphics Activity Lead, Fonts Activity Lead Co-Chair, W3C Hypertext CG Member, CSS, WebFonts, SVG Working Groups
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