Re: Revised HTML/XML Task Force Report

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.


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 Chris Lilley   Technical Director, Interaction Domain                 
 W3C Graphics Activity Lead, Fonts Activity Lead
 Co-Chair, W3C Hypertext CG
 Member, CSS, WebFonts, SVG Working Groups

Received on Wednesday, 13 July 2011 10:19:45 UTC