Re: EPUB and fonts
Chris Lilley <[email protected]>
| Newsgroups | gmane.comp.web.fonts |
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| Organization | W3C |
| Message-ID | <[email protected]> |
On Monday, November 1, 2010, 3:07:28 PM, Sylvain wrote: SG> Of particular interest is the 'Font Mangling Specification' at SG> http://www.idpf.org/doc_library/informationaldocs/FontManglingSpec_2.0.1_draft.htm. SG> "The proposed mechanism will simply provide a stumbling block for SG> those who are unaware of the license details of SG> the supplied font. " If being unaware of the license for a font embedded in an EPUB package is the problem, then obfuscation (with a documented and easily reversible algorithm) seems suboptimal as a way to solve it. Providing a link to (and short description of) the license looks like a better bet. WOFF would cover that, of course. SG> Given that EPUB and Web Fonts WG reps are present at TPAC this SG> week, I think it'd be ideal for this WG to discuss SG> the issue and start engaging our peers at EPUB on the matter. I agree. -- Chris Lilley Technical Director, Interaction Domain W3C Graphics Activity Lead, Fonts Activity Lead Co-Chair, W3C Hypertext CG Member, CSS, WebFonts, SVG Working Groups