Re: [matplotlib-devel] Embedded fonts in SVG

[Michael D. <md...@st...>]

John Hunter wrote:
> On 7/10/07, Michael Droettboom <md...@st...> wrote:
>> Has anyone looked into embedding fonts in SVG files?
>
> It's definitely come up before.  Paul Barret may have had a look at
> it.  I'm not sure why we ended up not doing it.  You can search the
> archives if you are interested.  If it isn't too hard, and major SVG
> renderers support it, it seems like a great idea.
"major SVG renderers" support seems to be the issue at first glance.  
None of the big open source options -- Firefox, inkscape, rsvg -- seem 
to support it.  Please let me know if I'm missing something.  Firefox 
has even pushed SVG fonts off of the Firefox 3 timeline:

http://weblogs.mozillazine.org/tor/archives/2007/03/svg_priorities_in_firefox_3.html

Until there's something readily available to test with, there's probably 
not much point.

Cheers,
Mike