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Немного о будущем от Адама Твардоха:
1. OpenType fonts with the new Microsoft-proposed "COLR/CPAL" tables support multilayer outline color glyphs. They are supported natively in the upcoming Windows 8.1 system (in modern Windows apps which use the system "DirectWrite" text engine -- i.e. not in Adobe apps, but, for example, in Internet Explorer 11).
2. OpenType fonts with the new Apple-proposed "sbix" table supports multicolor bitmap glyphs. They are supported natively in Mac OS X 10.7 and newer (in most modern Mac apps which use the system "CoreText" text engine -- i.e. not in Adobe apps, but in TextEdit, Safari and many others), and also on iOS 4 and newer, and in the newest version of the opensource FreeType rasterizer.
3. OpenType fonts with the new Mozilla-proposed "SVG" table support multicolor bitmap and outline glyphs, with complex fills, gradients etc. They are supported in newest Mozilla Firefox, but currently the user needs to enable a special option to get it working.
4. OpenType with the new Google-proposed "CBDT/CBLC" tables support multicolor bitmap glyphs. They are supported in the newest version of the opensource FreeType rasterizer.
So currently, four distinct, incompatible implementations exist, but some support already exists in various OSes or apps for each of them. However, the good news is that all these implementations are based on OpenType, so all advantages of OpenType such as advanced typographic features can be used.
Intense discussions in the font technology groups with representatives of Adobe, Apple, Microsoft, Mozilla, Google, FontLab and others are currently under way. At the upcoming TypeCon and ATypI conferences, special sessions are planned for discussions about this.
Without a doubt, some consensus and standardization will be reached in near future — hopefully with the number of formats being reduced from four down to two, which then will not be different from the current state of monochrome glyph support, which exists either as PostScript or TrueType outlines.
At FontLab, we're prepared to suport all these solutions, and we're working with all the industry players to make the creation of such fonts as easy as possible.
FontLab will also soon be releasing our own free app "Photofont Pad" which will allow people to use such fonts in a simple way on both Mac and Windows, including older Mac OS X and Windows versions, and Adobe apps. It won't be perfect integration, but will allow people to use the fonts until all apps and systems get native support. Since some OSes and apps already have native support, it's just a matter of time.
At this stage, this technology is for early adopters. It's not yet fully mature, and things may change in the future — but as we've seen with the adoption of WOFF and webfonts, things happen quite quickly. It's definitely exciting, and all large industry players (Adobe, Apple, Google, Microsoft, Mozilla) are committed to it in one way or another. |
Всего записей: 408 | Зарегистр. 12-08-2003 | Отправлено: 19:52 24-07-2013 | Исправлено: Denisbox, 19:53 24-07-2013 |
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