Re: Fwd: SVG Fonts

James Cloos <[email protected]> Tue, 08 Sep 2009 11:38:45 +0000
Newsgroups gmane.comp.mozilla.devel.svg
Message-ID <[email protected]>
The point is that SVG files should not have to depend on other, external
files to render.

Because most renderers fail to support SVG fonts, typical SVG-outputting
software uses what are essentially sprites for each glyph, placing them
just like setting text.  Cairo and Ghostscript are two examples.

Were they able to use SVG fonts — and expect rendering software to
support that — then the original text would be available in the SVG,
enabling accessibility support at the very least.

-JimC
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