2015-06-07 18:39 GMT+02:00 Doug Ewell <[email protected]>: > "Mark E. Shoulson" <mark at kli dot org> wrote: > > Isn't this what webfonts are all about? You specify a font in the >> stylesheet, give it a URL, and your browser goes and downloads it and >> displays the text in it. >> > > That's great if you have a stylesheet, a URL, and a browser. HTML is fancy > text, and pretty much implies some sort of online connection.
Everything in HTML is embeddable in a standalone document, including graphics. HTML does not imply any online connection. HTML is independant of HTTP or other transports.
