Re: [apps-discuss] font/*

Julian Reschke <julian.reschke@gmx.de> Sun, 13 November 2011 10:11 UTC

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On 2011-11-13 01:57, Tony Hansen wrote:
> ...
> *IF* we were to define a top-level media type, I do *not* think it
> should be named "font", but instead should name it "fontformat" or
> something like that. I think naming it "font" just leads people to have
> false expectations.
> ...

Doesn't this also argue for "imageformat" and "videoformat"?

Best regards, Julian