README
1 Sanitiser for OpenType
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4 (Idea from Alex Russell)
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6 The CSS font-face property[1] is great for web typography. Having to use images
7 in order to get the correct typeface is a great sadness; one should be able to
8 use vectors.
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10 However, the TrueType renderers on many platforms have never been part of the
11 attack surface before and putting them on the front line is a scary proposition.
12 Esp on platforms like Windows where it's a closed-source blob running with high
13 privilege.
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15 Thus, the OpenType Sanitiser (OTS) is designed to parse and serialise OpenType
16 files, validating them and sanitising them as it goes.
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18 Building:
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20 The included ots.gyp file is for building within the Chromium only. In the
21 test/ directory you'll find a SConstruct file which can be used with scons to
22 build a standalone version.
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24 [1] http://www.w3.org/TR/CSS2/fonts.html#font-descriptions
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