Re: Fwd: SVG Fonts

On 10/09/09 11:53 PM, Chris Lilley wrote:
> ROC>  But what are they used for that a custom, downloadable TTF/OTF font could
> ROC>  not be used for?
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> They tend to be used for short, decorative, one-off text strings. Kerning, glyph shapes may be modified for the one pieve of artwork.
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> They can be used for less common languages.
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> The glyphs don't have the same constraints that TT/OT glyphs have, in terms of placement of control points, winding rule, avoidance of overlap and self-intersection. They can mix cubics, quadratics, and straight line segments as needed.
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> In other words, if you can draw it, you can make it a glyph. And the SVG engine can already render it because it already knows about paths, fill, stroke, opacity etc.
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> Of course, the temptation is to just draw something which looks, visually, like text. SVG gives the option to make it real, searchable, accessible and updatable text, for very little more effort.

Thanks, those are really good points.

Rob