Embedding fonts you can't extract easily is ok too. The point here is that Web fonts are never embedding, they are always separate resources that are linked to documents. <div class="gmail_quote">On Jun 4, 2013 11:13 AM, "Vernon Adams" <<a href="mailto:vern@newtypography.co.uk">vern@newtypography.co.uk</a>> wrote: <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"> Are we saying that embedding a font that a user can extract, is a perfectly acceptable (i.e. FLOSS-like) way of distributing a libre font? I like the idea of that, but i'm trying to think of what weaknesses in that method, and what could be ways to enable embedding as a means of distribution whilst also protecting the freedom of the font? -vern On 4 Jun 2013, at 08:05, Dave Crossland <<a href="mailto:dave@lab6.com">dave@lab6.com</a>> wrote: > Extracting the fonts is just as easy > > On Jun 4, 2013 4:59 AM, "Victor Gaultney" <<a href="mailto:vtype@gaultney.org">vtype@gaultney.org</a>> wrote: > On 3 Jun 2013, at 23:47, Khaled Hosny <<a href="mailto:khaledhosny@eglug.org">khaledhosny@eglug.org</a>> wrote: > >> You can embed a webfont as base64 encoded string inside the HTML file. > > Good point, Khaled. That does sound like traditional embedding. The key differences from standard web fonts use are that: > > - The font is delivered as part of the HTML file, not a separate resource > - The font is provided by the same server as the rest of the doc > - The font is used for only one document > - The font is always present, even if the doc is viewed offline > > I'm not sure whether an embedded web font would be any more difficult to extract than normal web fonts. Anyone have thoughts on this? > > These differences are significant. Nicolas has been out of the office for a couple of weeks. When he gets back in the office I'll talk with him about adjusting the FAQ and web fonts paper to address fonts delivered within the HTML file. > >> Even the common case of just linking to the file is not much different >> from bundling the font in the zip container of ODT or DOCX. > > I think it is. In a zip the fonts travel with the doc and they cannot be used by other docs unless you extract them. > > V </blockquote></div>