Re: [apps-discuss] font/*

Dave CROCKER <dhc@dcrocker.net> Wed, 09 November 2011 01:16 UTC

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On 11/8/2011 4:27 PM, Graham Klyne wrote:
> It's not clear to me what purpose would be served that cannot be handled
> perfectly adequately by application/*

Thanks for raising this point.  On reflection, I seem to recall that adding 
top-level types is a Big Deal and not done.

Your question points to the alternative that constitutes a less disruptive 
challenge to the current proposal.

d/
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