RE: WOFF can't be used offline (claim)

Agree. I am wondering who came up with this conclusion and why - we do have=
 a precedence when fonts in WOFF format *can* be used offline as part of th=
e EPUB package. It would be good to open up a dialog with the owner of that=
 task to clarify things.

Vlad


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Chris Lilley [mailto:[email protected]]
> Sent: Sunday, November 10, 2013 11:15 PM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: WOFF can't be used offline (claim)
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> Hello Www-font,
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> Spotted recently:
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> "Which means that fonts in the WOFF format, even free ones, cannot be
> used offline.
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> Free fonts in the WOFF format may thus have to be converted to OpenType
> prior to packaging. "
> http://www.w3.org/Style/2013/paged-media-tasks#embedded-fonts
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> I'm wondering how that conclusion is arrived at; not clear it is
> correct.
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> --
> Best regards,
>  Chris                          mailto:[email protected]
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