Posted by jake on 08/29/05 13:12

In message <j1d4h11v6mf0mcumf41l4vjhp27k30604k@4ax.com>, Andy Dingley
<dingbat@codesmiths.com> writes
>On Sun, 28 Aug 2005 17:40:35 +0100, jake <jake@gododdin.demon.co.uk>
>wrote:
>
>>Maybe it's just as well that it will work for the 90% of the Web
>>population using IE ;-)
>
>For an annoyingly small set of fonts too.
>
Interesting. Would you like to explain that one?

>I've never got anywhere with WEFT.

Hmmm. Can't really comment about your personal problems unless you want
to say what they were.

>As Jukka says, you can make a demo
>with it, but when you try to do any real work with it, you're into a
>hopeless mess.

A rather silly comment. As Jukka seems reluctant to gives specific
reasons for this 'hopeless mess', perhaps you would like to do so?

> For instance, has anyone made it work with a Mac?

No idea. What does the specification say?
>
>Only working for IE isn't a problem.

Glad to hear it.

>For the sort of pointy-haired
>web-clueless managers who demand this sort of font control, they
>probably think there's only one browser anyway.

9 out of 10 people can't be wrong ;-)

Think of font-embedding as just another weapon in the designer's
armoury.

You want to use it? It's there.

You don't want to use it? That's fine, too.

regards.

>

--
Jake
(jake@gododdin.demon.co.uk .... just a spam trap.)

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