Re: [tdf-discuss] Re: ANN: ODF 1.2 Candidate OASIS Standard Enters 60-Day Public Review, prerequisite for balloting as OASIS Standard

Le Fri, 24 Jun 2011 08:21:40 -0700 (PDT),
plino <pedlino@gmail.com> a écrit :

> Charles-H. Schulz wrote:
> > So, let me state and restate this : ODF will not embed fonts in the
> > 1.2, 1.3, nor in the future, because the format is not meant to
> > focus on faithful layout rendering. Instead, PDF is meant that. ODF
> > focuses on office document exchanges.
>
> If that is the OASIS opinion then TDF should bail out from the ODF
> file format ASAP.
>
> That decision makes ODF useless for presentation files created in
> Impress and for vectorial art created in Draw. 
>
> Even some text documents and spreadsheets rely on the fonts used...
>
> PDF is a non-editable format. There is no similarity in function with
> ODF.

We're not talking about the same use cases. Embedding fonts create a
whole lot of different problems in terms of interoperability.

But you're welcome to join the ODF TC, even as an individual.

best,


-- 
Charles-H. Schulz
Membre du Comité exécutif
The Document Foundation.

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