On 4/6/2008 8:32 PM, Dave wrote:
> Hi David!
>
> On Apr 6, 1:43 am, "David E. Ross" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> See the following bugs:
>> #35614 at <https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=35614>
>> #52746 at <https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=52746>
>> #70132 at <https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=70132>
>
> Perfect, thanks :-)
>
>> There are at least two areas of concern that seem to be delaying
>> implementation.
>>
>> First, there is the concern about the liability to the Mozilla
>> Foundation and Mozilla Corporation if a font is embedded in a Web page
>> when the font's license does not permit remote embedding.
>
> Is there concern of liability to the Mozilla Foundation and Mozilla
> Corporation if an image is embedded in a Web page when the image's
> license does not permit remote embedding?
>
>> Then, there is the fact that W3C's CSS Working Group has not yet
>> resolved certain issues relating to its Web Fonts specification. For
>> example, there seems to be a dispute as to whether all font files will
>> be allowed or only .eot files.
>
> This feature is _already_ in the 10 year old CSS2 spec, though, and
> allows for all font formats :-)
>
> http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-CSS2/fonts.html#font-descriptions
>
> Also,
>
> "CSS2 allows intelligent matching (based on font properties rather
> than just name), client-side font synthesis, and font downloading.
> This extension does not mandate any particular font format, many
> formats can be used."
> - http://www.w3.org/Fonts/Activity
>
> If you have reference URLs for that dispute, I'd be much obliged :-)
[rest of messages snipped]
The dispute appeared in a forum at
<http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/>.
Note that CSS2.1 is finally approaching final recommendation, awaiting
only tests to verify that two different browsers implement it. It will
replace (not add onto) CSS2. Web fonts were deleted from CSS2.1,
partially because of the issues I cited.
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