I'm having trouble with this entire thread.
Here's what I know:
1. Font Embedding is *not* supported in ODF 1.2 (although there is probably
room for implementers to provide it using a convention that does not break
compatibility -- that is, implementations that are not implemented to be aware
of the convention will safely ignore it). I don't know that anyone is
addressing this in an implementation though.
2. Font substitutions, something you get to specify in your copy of
LibreOffice, can be used to map, especially when there are issues that prevent
the font from being embedded but for which there are successful substitutes. I
notice a couple of Linux-provided Unicode fonts in current distributions that
can be used that way. This won't help for specific decorative fonts and their
metrics, however.
3. There are other ways to make fonts available in the meantime, although not
so straightforward as embedded fonts, they also don't make the document bigger.
4. It is incorrect to presume that Font Embedding will not be in ODF 1.3 or
any other. While font embedding did not make the feature cut in the
prioritization for ODF 1.2, that does not mean it can't be resurrected. It is
early days for ODF 1.3, which is scheduled to take a two-year development
process.
What is *missing* is a serious proposal that deals with the complexities,
borrows from some already-worked-out approach in other software, and is brought
forth at the ODF TC in an unencumbered form. Someone has to do the heavy
lifting.
You can also respond to the public review, although something concrete that
can be used in a constructive manner would be particularly welcome. The ODF TC
*has* to address every Public Review comment, although that doesn't mean we
will do anything about it. Good catches will probably be saved up for an
Errata or lead to action in ODF 1.3.
5. For a snapshot of what the ODF TC is doing now, it is useful to look at the
ODF TC list archive (linked from the home page,<
http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/tc_home.php?wg_abbrev=office>).
Anyone can examine the JIRA issues being worked on (and subscribe to
JIRA-issue notices on Twitter [;<).
You'll from the minutes and the separate Advanced Collaboration
Subcommittee list that change-tracking is the most difficult topic at the
moment.
Meanwhile, a number of small defects are starting to surface for
consideration in an ODF 1.2 Errata (probably a year from now) or in ODF 1.3
(with Committee Drafts coming out roughly every six months). The first cut for
content in the first ODF 1.3 Committee Draft is coming up in July.
- Dennis
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Le 2011-06-24 13:13, Charles-H. Schulz a écrit :
> Hello,
>
> Le Fri, 24 Jun 2011 07:48:54 -0700 (PDT),
> plino<pedl...@gmail.com> a écrit :
>
>> I really hope that revision 1.2 allows for font embedding in ODF
>> documents.
>>
>> IMO that is a (the?) major obstacle for sharing documents with other
>> users.
>
> So, let me state and restate this : ODF will not embed fonts in the
> 1.2, 1.3, nor in the future, because the format is not meant to focus on
> faithful layout rendering. Instead, PDF is meant that. ODF focuses on
> office document exchanges.
>
> Best,
>
> Charles.
>
Hi Charles
I wonder about this last statement, does this mean that if I download a
copy of our documentation in .odt format, that if my font is missing
from my machine that I will not be able to print a high quality version
of that documentation. And worse, if I download a copy of a writer,
impress file or draw and wish to print it off in its native file, that I
would then have to hunt around and make sure that all of the necessary
fonts used in a particular document would have to be installed on my
machine so that I could get a high quality print from it?
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