Quick WOFF 2.0 update

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Hello fellow web font working group members,

Recently Raph passed the torch to me to aid in the effort of advancing the
WOFF 2.0 specification.  I am honored to have the opportunity to work
closely will all of you to advance the specification and to see Raph=92s
creation reach the finish line -- which would be a tremendous win for web
fonts and the web.  As I am new to the standardization process (my day job
is running the Google Web Fonts service), please bear with me. :)

A few quick updates, with more to follow in time:

All of the Early Access fonts are now being served with the candidate WOFF
2.0 enabled (see the .css link for each):

http://www.google.com/fonts/earlyaccess

The reference WOFF 2.0 font compression tool has been updated and is now
even easier to run.  The hard-coded dependency on /usr/bin/lzma had been
removed via use of the SevenZip Java LZMA compression library. The tool is
now pure Java with no external binary dependencies:

http://code.google.com/p/font-compression-reference

Further, we have joined forces with the Chrome team and we are working
together to enable end-to-end validation of the WOFF 2.0 prototype (both
support in Google Web Fonts and Chrome) sometime in the near future.

Stay tuned!

David*

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t;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Hello fellow web font worki=
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bottom:0pt">

<span style=3D"font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparen=
t;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Recently Raph passed the to=
rch to me to aid in the effort of advancing the WOFF 2.0 specification. =A0=
I am honored to have the opportunity to work closely will all of you to adv=
ance the specification and to see Raph=92s creation reach the finish line -=
- which would be a tremendous win for web fonts and the web. =A0As I am new=
 to the standardization process (my day job is running the Google Web Fonts=
 service), please bear with me. :)</span></p>

<br><span style=3D"font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;background-color:transp=
arent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"></span><p dir=3D"ltr" s=
tyle=3D"line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style=3D"f=
ont-size:13px;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;vertical-align=
:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">A few quick updates, with more to follow in=
 time:</span></p>

<br><span style=3D"font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;background-color:transp=
arent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"></span><p dir=3D"ltr" s=
tyle=3D"line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style=3D"f=
ont-size:13px;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;vertical-align=
:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">All of the Early Access fonts are now being=
 served with the candidate WOFF 2.0 enabled (see the .css link for each):</=
span></p>

<p dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">=
<a href=3D"http://www.google.com/fonts/earlyaccess" style=3D"text-decoratio=
n:none"><span style=3D"font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;background-color:tr=
ansparent;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre=
-wrap">http://www.google.com/fonts/earlyaccess</span></a><span style=3D"fon=
t-size:13px;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:b=
aseline;white-space:pre-wrap"></span></p>

<br><span style=3D"font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;background-color:transp=
arent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"></span><p dir=3D"ltr" s=
tyle=3D"line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style=3D"f=
ont-size:13px;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;vertical-align=
:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The reference WOFF 2.0 font compression too=
l has been updated and is now even easier to run. =A0The hard-coded depende=
ncy on /usr/bin/lzma had been removed via use of the SevenZip Java LZMA com=
pression library. The tool is now pure Java with no external binary depende=
ncies:</span></p>

<p dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">=
<a href=3D"http://code.google.com/p/font-compression-reference/" style=3D"t=
ext-decoration:none"><span style=3D"font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;backgr=
ound-color:transparent;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;wh=
ite-space:pre-wrap">http://code.google.com/p/font-compression-reference</sp=
an></a><span style=3D"font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;background-color:tra=
nsparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"></span></p>

<br><span style=3D"font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;background-color:transp=
arent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"></span><p dir=3D"ltr" s=
tyle=3D"line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style=3D"f=
ont-size:13px;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;vertical-align=
:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Further, we have joined forces with the Chr=
ome team and we are working together to enable end-to-end validation of the=
 WOFF 2.0 prototype (both support in Google Web Fonts and Chrome) sometime =
in the near future.</span></p>

<br><span style=3D"font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;background-color:transp=
arent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"></span><p dir=3D"ltr" s=
tyle=3D"line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style=3D"f=
ont-size:13px;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;vertical-align=
:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Stay tuned!</span></p>

<br><span style=3D"font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;background-color:transp=
arent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"></span><span style=3D"f=
ont-size:13px;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;vertical-align=
:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">David</span></b><br>

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