Re: Last call comments on WOFF (8)

On Wednesday 27 April 2011 21:56:48 Chris Lilley wrote:
> Hello Bert
> 
> You wrote
> 
> > 8) Section 4: It is a pity that there are multiple ways to encode
> > the same font, and even to encode the same OpenType file: each
> > table may be compressed or not, extended metadata may be added or
> > not, private data may be added or not. That means you cannot do a
> > simple binary compare to see if two files encode the same OpenType
> > file, let alone the same font. A unique (canonical) format would
> > also have helped with digital signing: Now it is possible to
> > decode and re- encode the font without doing anything else and
> > still end up with a broken digital signature.
> 
> Yes, metadata is optional and yes, a table may be compressed or not.
> 
> Since the metadata is part of the WOFF file, the same opentype data
> may well be present with two different sets of metadata 9for example
> the same font may be licensed to two different licensees, with
> different conditions or different license IDs.
> 
> As to digital signatures, the OpenType spec has a table DSIG and this
> will round trip through WOFF without change.
> 
> Thus, we don't plan to make any changes based on this comment. Please
> respond to indicate whether you accept this resolution.

Accepted. As I said in the original comment, it would have been a nice 
feature. That doesn't mean the format is unusable without it.



Bert
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