[mpeg-OTspec] FW: font media types

[Levantovsky, Vladimir]

Dear Suzuki-san,

Since the membership in this AHG is open to general public, I would consider that the information we discuss on the AHG reflector should also be treated as public. Therefore, it can be shared with any interested parties and we will welcome SC34 feedback and your suggestions on this subject.

Thank you very much for your interest and for your continued participation in the AHG work.

Best regards,
Vladimir


> -----Original Message-----
> From: suzuki toshiya [mailto:mpsuzuki at hiroshima-u.ac.jp]
> Sent: Wednesday, March 23, 2011 6:53 AM
> To: Levantovsky, Vladimir
> Cc: OTspec
> Subject: Re: [mpeg-OTspec] FW: font media types
> 
> Dear Vladimir,
> 
> Could I circulate this document to forthcoming
> SC34 meeting (Mar/28th-Apr/2nd) in Prague?
> 
> Regards,
> suzuki toshiya, Hiroshima University, a member of JTC1/SC34/WG2
> 
> Levantovsky, Vladimir wrote:
> > Dear AHG,
> >
> > Please see below the email from Mr. Karsten Luecke regarding the
> registration of the MIME types for various font formats. I brought this
> subject for consideration of the WG11 meeting, and we have reached an
> agreement that it would make perfect sense for MPEG to register the
> MIME types for OFF and other related font formats (TTF, OTF, ...) under
> the existing top level MIME "application" tree.
> >
> > The decision was that the AHG should move quickly to finalize the
> list of font formats for MIME type registration, suggest the MIME types
> to apply for, and prepare the text of the application to IANA. At the
> same time, we will have an extended two-week editing period for the
> existing Working Draft Amendment so that the proposed MIME types could
> be added in the text of the amendment before it's submitted for ballot.
> >
> > We need to proceed quickly - the text of the application including
> the list of font formats and their corresponding MIME types must be
> finalized no later than April 6th.
> >
> > Thank you and regards,
> > Vladimir
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Karsten Luecke [mailto:karsten.luecke at kltf.de]
> > Sent: Sunday, February 06, 2011 6:52 AM
> > Subject: font media types
> >
> > Dear Mr Levantovsky, Mr Atkins, Mr Lilley & Mr Irish,
> >
> > reading
> > http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-webfonts-
> wg/2010Nov/0051.html
> > and googling for media types for other font formats, I came across
> >
> > WOFF
> > application/font-woff
> >      according to
> >      http://dev.w3.org/webfonts/WOFF/spec/#appendix-b
> >
> > http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-webfonts-
> wg/2010Nov/0051.html
> >
> > EOT
> > application/vnd.ms-fontobject
> >      which seems to be fine according to
> >      http://www.iana.org/assignments/media-types/application/
> >
> > TTF OTF (OFF?)
> > application/vnd.ms-opentype
> >      according to
> >
> > http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-
> us/library/system.io.packaging.packagepart.contenttype.aspx
> >      but also
> > application/octet-stream
> >      according to
> >      http://www.jbarker.com/blog/2009/mime-type-css-web-fonts
> >      plus a not sufficiently answered request at
> >      http://www.alvestrand.no/pipermail/ietf-types/2008-
> August/002066.html
> >
> > Is there anything reliable as regards TTF OTF OFF?
> >
> > It were nice to have a single place, like the iana.org page, to refer
> to
> > when it comes to this.
> >
> > (The samples on the jbarker.com make me wonder if the trailing dot
> > should be included in the AddType declaration or not.)
> >
> > Best wishes!
> > Karsten
> >