[Webkit-unassigned] [Bug 20542] Adding EOT Font Rendering capability

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https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=20542





------- Comment #18 from hyatt at apple.com  2008-10-17 01:08 PDT -------
You say that this is wanted for Chrome, but when I brought this bug up today
with Chrome team members they didn't seem to agree.

Regardless, I would strongly urge you not to add support for EOT to Chrome.

Adding EOT support has implications that go far beyond Web site compatibility. 
Support of EOT undermines the current TTF support.

Mozilla, Opera and Apple are not going to add EOT support to their browsers. 
If Chrome supports EOT this will create a significant fork for Chrome not only
compared to shipping WebKit products but also with the other
standards-compliant browsers.

I urge you to read up on the positions of Apple, Opera and Mozilla regarding
why EOT support is not desired.


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