[OpenFontLibrary] [GFD] Treatment of the OFL in the wild

[Dave Crossland]

Extracting the fonts is just as easy
On Jun 4, 2013 4:59 AM, "Victor Gaultney" <vtype at gaultney.org> wrote:

> On 3 Jun 2013, at 23:47, Khaled Hosny <khaledhosny at eglug.org> 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
>
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