Re: [apps-discuss] font/*

["Martin J. Dürst" <[e-mail]>]

On 2011/11/10 2:56, Peter Saint-Andre wrote:

> Now, whether we need a top-level content type of "font", resulting in
> subtypes like font/woff (instead of, say, application/font-woff [1]) is
> another story...

It would be good if we could answer this question soon, and hopefully in 
the positive.

The (Web)font community has tried to get a font/ top level type 
repeatedly, with bad results. At least two attempts are documented.

In http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-font/2009JulSep/1069.html, 
Chris Lilley describes his attempt around 1998 or so, which met active 
resistance ("we will strenuously oppose this and take up lots of your 
time if you persist").

The second attempt is documented at
http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-webfonts-wg/2010Nov/0012.html
which got a single, (from their point of view) rather scary reply.

Unless we can tell them that we will look at a new proposal favorably, 
(at least) because either a new font/ or reusing application/ look okay, 
and if they think font/ is better, they should go with it, then I don't 
think they'll have the courage to try again.

Regards,   Martin.