[MPEG-OTSPEC] Continue Fixing OT 1.x, or Start 2.0?

[MURATA Makoto]

Although some of my colleagues and I love 32-bit GIDs,
I think that we have to be very careful.  In my understanding,
WHATWG began with documenting underspecified
features.  Implementors then started to trust WHATWG.

Regards,
Makoto



2020年8月27日(木) 11:30 Dave Crossland <dcrossland at google.com>:
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> I think "we" can propose a new format specification, and implement it in libre software.
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> But getting it shipped in the majority of commercial proprietary platforms is another story though... I think Peter Constable is right that there needs to be a clear business case, so that executive sponsors of company font teams will approve a multi year strategy to allocate their team resources to the effort.
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> I think this is very tractable!
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> I like your proposal on the call to collect up all the backwards compatible breaking changes into a roadmap, and make the combined weight of all the improvements heavy enough to balast the business cases.
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> Also, I think using the trademark OpenType ® is only something Microsoft can do.... And I also don't think it's wise to use that, because the most unsophisticated users will not understand the difference between v1.x and v2.x if they have the same brand name.
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> On Mon, Aug 24, 2020, 12:58 AM Renzhi Li <Renzhi.Li at microsoft.com> wrote:
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>> Hi all:
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>> I think we should add a fundemental question to tomorrow's meeting: since implementing a lot of demanded features, including 32-bit GID, Rob's XVAR, and Position-dependent substitution may cause a full format break, even an API break, should we move fast to a new, ab-initio "2.0" format, or continue fixing 1.x?
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>> Yours,
>> Renzhi
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Regards,
Makoto