Re: SVG Fonts

On Sep 6, 8:36 pm, Robert O'Callahan <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> Recently I've been wondering what the actual need is for SVG fonts. What
> can SVG fonts do that you can't do with a custom Truetype/Opentype font?
>
> Rob

Accidentally replied to just roc earlier.

What I've always liked about SVG Fonts is that they are part of the
Web.  I've always used this article as a reminder of why the Web is
great: http://shaver.off.net/diary/2007/05/10/the-high-cost-of-some-free-tools/

- SVG Fonts can be analyzed by View Source
- SVG Fonts can be edited in a text editor (for removing or adding
specific glyphs)
- SVG Fonts glyphs can be inspected/tweaked in Firebug

These are the same reasons that I prefer SVG over Canvas actually
(though I acknowledge that Canvas has some really good use cases, I
just wouldn't ever want to try and build, say SVG-edit, using Canvas).

Regards,
Jeff Schiller