On Sun, 14 Nov 2010 14:46:27 +0100, scalablev <s...@oyvindeid.com> wrote:
> Looks like http://zuccaralloo.de/devgroup/samples/complexPaths.svg only > displays as it should in ASV. Is this because native implementations > don't support SVG Fonts? No, it's because most implementations haven't implemented support for anything else than the tiny subset of SVG Fonts, see http://www.w3.org/TR/SVGTiny12/fonts.html. Essentially what this means is that arbitrary svg markup inside a <glyph> element isn't supported, only <glyph> elements that have a 'd' attribute will be rendered. Try it in Opera or WebKit for example. Here's another example: http://www.treebuilder.de/default.asp?file=192928.xml. > After some googling around, I understand that WOFF is the recommended > alternative to SVG Fonts. Can I achieve the same with WOFF, i.e. custom > symbols along paths? I need this for various elements in webmap > applications. Well, WOFF couldn't do some of the things in that complexPaths example either, e.g using multiple colors in a glyph, or using strokes to define the glyph. Also at the time of writing I think you'll find that TTF fonts will get you a slightly broader range of support in browsers, unless you are specifically targetting the only the very latest browser releases. I don't think there's that much you could do with a WOFF font that you couldn't do with an SVG Font (even the svgtiny subset, or for that matter any other font format supported in browsers today TTF/OTF/EOT), at least if your goal is making symbols. Cheers /Erik -- Erik Dahlstrom, Core Technology Developer, Opera Software Co-Chair, W3C SVG Working Group Personal blog: http://my.opera.com/macdev_ed ------------------------------------ ----- To unsubscribe send a message to: svg-developers-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com -or- visit http://groups.yahoo.com/group/svg-developers and click "edit my membership" ----Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/svg-developers/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/svg-developers/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: svg-developers-dig...@yahoogroups.com svg-developers-fullfeatu...@yahoogroups.com <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: svg-developers-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
