[MPEG-OTSPEC] Introducing breaking changes into the spec (was: RE: [EXTERNAL] Proposal to deprecate derived search values)

[Dave Crossland]

The way I see it, if we are going to have a new format, why not do it with
some style?

https://youtu.be/2sLnnjHjDgE

On Fri, Sep 11, 2020, 5:34 PM Peter Constable <pgcon6 at msn.com> wrote:

> “WTF” is already used in multiple ways.
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> *From:* mpeg-otspec <mpeg-otspec-bounces at lists.aau.at> * On Behalf Of *Dave
> Crossland
> *Sent:* Friday, September 11, 2020 2:33 PM
> *To:* John Hudson <john at tiro.ca>
> *Cc:* mpeg-otspec <mpeg-otspec at lists.aau.at>
> *Subject:* Re: [MPEG-OTSPEC] Introducing breaking changes into the spec
> (was: RE: [EXTERNAL] Proposal to deprecate derived search values)
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> On Fri, Sep 11, 2020, 5:29 PM John Hudson <john at tiro.ca> wrote:
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> At this stage — and for a few years now — I have interpreted any reference
> to ‘OpenType 2.0’ to actually mean ‘a significantly different future font
> technology, whether a flavour of OpenType or an entirely new format,
> actually v2.0 or some other version number’. It provides the context for
> free thinking about new concepts, a cleaner and leaner format, etc.
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> If this is confusing, and we'd like to restrict use of the term to actual
> OT/OFF spec revision, then I propose NextFont as a codeword for typographic
> futurism.
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> I propose World Type Format :)
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