[MPEG-OTSPEC] [OpenType] Re: [mpeg-OTspec] Mac version string in 'name' table

[Bob Hallissy]

Thanks, Greg -- it is good to know folks with long memories are still here!

Sascha was testing the behavior on MacOS, but you raise a concern about 
Windows.

When you say "many Windows based font installers" are you talking about 
OS-level installers, 3rd party installers, or ...?

In my experience, modern Windows itself does not need P1/E0 strings -- 
at least not when I right-click on a .ttf and ask Windows to install it 
-- and in fact doesn't seem to even care about version number, happily 
overwriting new versions with old versions :-(

So I'm interested in hearing more from your memory banks...

Bob

On 6/28/2020 9:19 PM, Greg Hitchcock via OpenType wrote:
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> Hi Bob,
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> I'm not sure if Sascha tested for this, but one of the reasons it was in the recommendations section is that many Windows based font installers used the version string of Platform 1/Encoding ID 0 t0 determine the version of the font.
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> I would be cautious on removing the recommendation.
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> GregH
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> I'd like to propose we remove the Name table Recommendation that currently says:
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>> When building a font containing Roman characters that will be used on
>> the Macintosh, an additional name record is required, specifying
>> platform ID of 1 and encoding ID of 0.
> since, according to this 2018 post from Sascha Brawer <https://nam06.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fgithub.com%2Ffonttools%2Ffonttools%2Fissues%2F1170%23issuecomment-368492829&data=02%7C01%7Cgregh%40microsoft.com%7Cb58bf3629f974c03ff4508d8149b00c6%7C72f988bf86f141af91ab2d7cd011db47%7C0%7C0%7C637282003266650982&sdata=GXpZqmxFVYfQnjODhgLJXMjIqw3NJGwPjRIa62u083Y%3D&reserved=0>
> and by evidence of many fonts that work on Apple platforms without Platform ID 1 strings, such is no longer required.
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> Bob
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