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Re: [apps-discuss] font/*

Peter Saint-Andre <stpeter@stpeter.im> Wed, 09 November 2011 17:58 UTC

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Cc: Mark Nottingham <mnot@mnot.net>, "apps-discuss@ietf.org Discuss" <apps-discuss@ietf.org>
Subject: Re: [apps-discuss] font/*
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On 11/9/11 10:56 AM, Peter Saint-Andre wrote:
> On 11/8/11 6:17 PM, "Martin J. Dürst" wrote:
>> On 2011/11/09 2:15, Mark Nottingham wrote:
>>> Oh, I had thought it would be
>>>
>>> font/PostScript
>>> font/TrueType
>>>
>>> i.e., NOT identifying the specific typeface in use. After all, we
>>> don't have text/html/home-page, do we?
>>
>> It's definitely that.
>
> Verified through conversation on the websec@ietf.org list. We're talking
> about a small number of file formats for fonts (TrueType, OpenType, Web
> Open Font Format, etc.) -- talking about typefaces, font families,
                            ^not^
> particular fonts, etc.

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