Web Open Font Format Gets Backing From Mozilla 206
A new format specification has reached consensus among web and type designers and is being backed by Mozilla. Dubbed Web Open Font Format (WOFF), it is an effort to bring advanced typography to the Web in a much better way. Support for the new spec will be included as a part of Firefox 3.6 which just recently hit beta. "WOFF combines the work Leming and Blokland had done on embedding a variety of useful font metadata with the font resource compression that Kew had developed. The end result is a format that includes optimized compression that reduces the download time needed to load font resources while incorporating information about the font's origin and licensing. The format doesn't include any encryption or DRM, so it should be universally accepted by browser vendors — this should also qualify it for adoption by the W3C."
Easier fonts means a lot! (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Easier fonts means a lot! (Score:5, Funny)
For example, just imagine a world where every website can easily implement Comic Sans, even if the end user has uninstalled the font.
Unfortunately I think most web sites will standardise on Windings.
Light Edition called WOFFLE (Score:4, Funny)
Then it'll be accurate to describe the content of all major web sites as a bunch of WOFFLE.
Re:Easier fonts means a lot! (Score:4, Funny)
What? How would that be easier than the plain-old "check out -> http://tech.slashdot.org/story/09/11/02/2025242/Web-Open-Font-Format-Gets-Backing-from-Mozilla [goat.se]"
Re:Light Edition called WOFFLE (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Easier fonts means a lot! (Score:1, Funny)
Even worse, links are often already guarded by some javascript that rewrites what shows up in the status bar
Bah, this is why I use NoScript.
Re:Light Edition called WOFFLE (Score:3, Funny)
I think they should have gone with Open Web Type Format.
Re:How long... (Score:3, Funny)
> Keep waiting, because the users don't want this. I like my DejaVu Sans and
> prefer to read all my sites in the same readable font of my choice.
Same here.
I only need one font. (Score:2, Funny)
This will be awesome in 10 years (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Easier fonts means a lot! (Score:4, Funny)
I know it's not an XKCD link, but it's surprisingly relevant to the topic: http://achewood.com/index.php?date=07052007 [achewood.com]
They should have named it (Score:3, Funny)
Web Open Representation for Fonts....
Just so we could have WORF as an acronym.
"Today is a good day to be rendered!"
Re:Light Edition called WOFFLE (Score:4, Funny)
I think they should have gone with Open Web Type Format.
Dude, please. If you're going to do it, do it right:
Open, Modular, Generic Web Type Format.
Re:Easier fonts means a lot! (Score:4, Funny)
Web Fonts may offer some advantages, but they seem to have downsides as well.
Such a bold statement!
Re:More Fonts for the Internet? (Score:3, Funny)
You know what's already possible to do in the current web? Blinking text in comic sans font! Just grab your favorite gif maker and let it render some comic sans on it. Done!
Make it scroll too. After all, you can't underuse the <MARQUEE> tag...