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

Le 2011-06-24 13:13, Charles-H. Schulz a écrit :
> Hello,
>
> Le Fri, 24 Jun 2011 07:48:54 -0700 (PDT),
> plino<pedlino@gmail.com>  a écrit :
>
> > I really hope that revision 1.2 allows for font embedding in ODF
> > documents.
> >
> > IMO that is a (the?) major obstacle for sharing documents with other
> > users.
>
> 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.
>
> Best,
>
> Charles.

Thanks for the information. It sounds like this has already been taken 
up with OASIS and it has arrived at a consensus to not embed fonts in 
any version.

Cheers,

Marc


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