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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Dear AHG members,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>The AHG on Font Format activities has been reestablished at the last SC29 / WG3 meeting with the following mandates:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";mso-fareast-language:KO'>1. Review the text of ISO/IEC 14496-22 Draft International Standards amendment 2.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";mso-fareast-language:KO'>2. Explore potential future changes and updates, and propose new work items (if applicable) for consideration in the future new edition of the OFF specification.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>It took a bit longer to finalize the submission of the Draft International Standard Amendment 2 of ISO/IEC 14496-22 OFF. I am happy to report that the submission has been accepted, and the new ballot has been issued. The ballot results will come on April 14, 2022 giving us another opportunity to conduct a thorough review and submit comments if needed. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Note: At this stage, technical comments that aim to clarify / correct the content of the amendment are still accepted, and editorial comments are always welcome. Considering the time it takes for National Bodies to process comments, you may need to prepare and submit your comments ahead of time.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Our second mandate gives us the basis to start exploratory work and plan for future updates. Since the second amendment has been finalized, our next step would be to start the development of the 5<sup>th</sup> edition of the Open Font Format, which would combine all amended parts of the current 4<sup>th</sup> edition text with the new submissions. I suggest that we should start collecting issues that would be good candidates for future 5<sup>th</sup> edition updates using the <a href="https://github.com/MPEGGroup/OpenFontFormat">MPEG OFF issue tracker</a>.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Thank you,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Vladimir<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>