On Mon, Jun 22, 2009 at 12:45 PM, David Hyatt <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Jun 22, 2009, at 2:38 PM, Maciej Stachowiak wrote: > >> Mozilla restricts downloaded fonts to same-origin by default, with the >> ability for the hosting site to open up access via Access-Control (aka >> CORS). Apparently this step has the potential to make font foundries more >> comfortable about using straight up OpenType fonts on the Web, without >> introducing DRM. Should we follow Mozilla's lead on this? >> > > I see no reason to do this. I also see harm from doing this. There are many sites (e.g. Google Docs) that serve static content of a different, cookie-less domain for performance reasons. They would be unable to do this for Web Fonts with this restriction. This is an increasingly common practice as tools like http://code.google.com/speed/page-speed/ become more ubiquitous. Ojan
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