On Thu, 06 Oct 2011 15:33:55 +0200, David Dailey <ddai...@zoominternet.net> wrote:
> Suppose, for purposes of accessibility, we wished to replace the paths in > the HTML5 logo [1], by actual characters in a font.... > It is quite easy for an author to create an alphabet of exactly five SVG > glyphs for use in the logo, satisfying all of the assistive needs > outlined above, by issuing five statements like: > > <glyph unicode="H"><path d=" > M108.382,0h23.077v22.8h21.11V0h23.078v69.044H152.57v-23.12h-21.11v23.12h-23. > 077V0z " /></glyph> > > (this uses the actual path of the "H" in the HTML5 logo) > > This takes 90 seconds of work using SVG fonts. (Plus the minute and a > half per glyph to draw the letters in either emacs, Illustrator or > Inkscape). As another example, I wrote a font to produce the W3C logo,in the work to create the original and now sadly out-dated SVG accessibility note http://www.w3.org/TR/svg-access I think it took about 10 minutes to make the three letters in a text editor, plus about 10 to print them onto graph paper and get the coordinates. (Plus about a day to get an answer from Jon Ferraiolo about where exactly the flip from zero-down to zero-up on the y-axis actually takes place). > So, the question is this: How easy or painful is it to create a typeface > for just 5 glyphs in WOFF? A few minutes looking at the Web suggests that doing it by hand would be misery, but using a tool should be reasonably straightforward. I found http://onlinefontconverter.com/ which claims it will convert my font from one format to another ... Which would appear to allow for > Does one have to go through the relatively elaborate process of > designing an entire font, or can one create five simple glyphs more or > less like above? As I undertand, you can create just the glyphs you plan to use. > Once one has drawn the shapes, is it a 100 hour process or a 90 second > process?...I honestly have no idea what it would be like to cobble > together a font of 5 simple glyphs, but my suspicion is that it is a > couple of orders of magnitude worse than 90 seconds, hence rather > clobbering the probability that authors would do it. Seems to be less than "orders of magnitude more difficult", but a bit harder. Indeed, the easiest way I can see is to write an SVG font, and then convert it. Cheers Chaals -- Charles 'chaals' McCathieNevile Opera Software, Standards Group je parle français -- hablo español -- jeg kan litt norsk http://my.opera.com/chaals Try Opera: http://www.opera.com ------------------------------------ ----- 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/
