Re: [Openfontlibrary] Openfontlibrary Digest, Vol 34, Issue 13
2008/10/26 Brendan Ferguson [EMAIL PROTECTED]: After dong a little investigating, ccHost does allow you to see the contents of a zip file. I installed ccHost and then uploaded a zip file. The contents were there. Am I on the same page as you guys? Yes; what it won't do is look inside .tar.gz or .tar.7z or .tar.bz2 archives - or plain .tar archives, even. I would not allow me to use all the other font files though That's because its default settings are to only accept music files; its meant to power the ccMixter site, you see. If you log into the site as the admin user you can set the list of acceptable extensions there. There should be an option to allow all files! Or perhaps exclude certain file types. Well, AIUI, it has the feature to INclude certain file types, and it excludes files with no extension. like PHP files or other files that could be excruciated on the server. Yes, security is a problem :-( ___ Openfontlibrary mailing list Openfontlibrary@lists.freedesktop.org http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/openfontlibrary
Re: [Openfontlibrary] Openfontlibrary Digest, Vol 34, Issue 13
I am very sure PHP can zip read zipped files, tarball and read tarballs. It really should not be a big deal expanding ccHost to do this. Brendan On Oct 25, 2008, at 12:54 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Send Openfontlibrary mailing list submissions to openfontlibrary@lists.freedesktop.org To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/openfontlibrary or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to [EMAIL PROTECTED] You can reach the person managing the list at [EMAIL PROTECTED] When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than Re: Contents of Openfontlibrary digest... Today's Topics: 1. Re: Font formats accepted by OFLB (Ed Trager) 2. Re: Font formats accepted by OFLB (Karl Berry) 3. Re: Font formats accepted by OFLB (Mark Leisher) 4. Re: Font formats accepted by OFLB (George Williams) 5. Re: Font formats accepted by OFLB (Christopher Fynn) 6. Re: Font formats accepted by OFLB (Ben Weiner) 7. Re: Font formats accepted by OFLB (Ben Laenen) 8. Re: Font formats accepted by OFLB (Ben Weiner) 9. Re: Font formats accepted by OFLB (Ben Weiner) 10. Re: Font formats accepted by OFLB (Nicolas Mailhot) -- Message: 1 Date: Fri, 24 Oct 2008 16:48:38 -0400 From: Ed Trager [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [Openfontlibrary] Font formats accepted by OFLB To: Ben Weiner [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: Open Font Library list openfontlibrary@lists.freedesktop.org Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Hi, Ben, Don't forget .ttc true type collections. These will become more popular in the future, I am sure. I second Mark Leisher's suggestion to accept pcf and bdf. Some people are going to provide one font in multiple font containers: i.e., maybe ttf and pcf, or ttf and Postscript. But I agree with you that the older Postscript containers are not needed since OTF can contain Postscript outlines, right? Ben Laenen's question is relevant. Perhaps the right tack is for OFLB to simply encourage inclusion of at least a ttf container. Note however there are legitimate use cases where .bdf or .pcf might be the first choice container -- for example, a monospaced bitmap terminal font for Linux, especially for a non-Latin script where there might not be other choices available. Such a bitmap-only font should also be packaged in a TTF container, but the main file that will actually get used by people interested in that font is the bdf or pcf file. Best - Ed On Fri, Oct 24, 2008 at 12:00 PM, Ben Weiner [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi there, My proposal for OFLB font uploads in the next version of the site is to accept .otf .ttf which are far and away going to be the most widely appreciated, then .pfa .pfm .pfb .afm .bdf which are Adobe-ish formats that are all in the current site: are they all needed? Then the X-Windows format, if it is still in use: .pcf Then humna-readable source: .sfd What else? Metafont files (?.mf)? A short list is better, I think. Suggestions? Thanks, Ben ___ Openfontlibrary mailing list Openfontlibrary@lists.freedesktop.org http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/openfontlibrary -- Message: 2 Date: Fri, 24 Oct 2008 16:43:06 -0500 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Karl Berry) Subject: Re: [Openfontlibrary] Font formats accepted by OFLB To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: openfontlibrary@lists.freedesktop.org Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] But I agree with you that the older Postscript containers are not needed since OTF can contain Postscript outlines, right? Technically, sure, but pfb files are still very useful and widely used -- in the TeX world, at least. Is anything substantial gained by disallowing them? Actually, I don't see what's gained by disallowing anything. And, as mentioned, people are really uploading zips anyway, right? Anyway, I haven't seen pfa files used in umpteen years, so if you'd like to have a token format to drop, I suggest that one. karl -- Message: 3 Date: Fri, 24 Oct 2008 16:12:12 -0600 From: Mark Leisher [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [Openfontlibrary] Font formats accepted by OFLB To: Open Font Library list openfontlibrary@lists.freedesktop.org Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Ed Trager wrote: Note however there are legitimate use cases where .bdf or .pcf might be the first choice container -- for example, a monospaced bitmap terminal font for Linux, especially for a non-Latin script where there might not be other choices available. Such a bitmap-only font should also be packaged in a TTF container, but the main file that will actually get
Re: [Openfontlibrary] Openfontlibrary Digest, Vol 34, Issue 13
After dong a little investigating, ccHost does allow you to see the contents of a zip file. I installed ccHost and then uploaded a zip file. The contents were there. Am I on the same page as you guys? I would not allow me to use all the other font files though. There should be an option to allow all files! Or perhaps exclude certain file types. like PHP files or other files that could be excruciated on the server. Brendan On Oct 25, 2008, at 12:54 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Send Openfontlibrary mailing list submissions to openfontlibrary@lists.freedesktop.org To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/openfontlibrary or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to [EMAIL PROTECTED] You can reach the person managing the list at [EMAIL PROTECTED] When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than Re: Contents of Openfontlibrary digest... Today's Topics: 1. Re: Font formats accepted by OFLB (Ed Trager) 2. Re: Font formats accepted by OFLB (Karl Berry) 3. Re: Font formats accepted by OFLB (Mark Leisher) 4. Re: Font formats accepted by OFLB (George Williams) 5. Re: Font formats accepted by OFLB (Christopher Fynn) 6. Re: Font formats accepted by OFLB (Ben Weiner) 7. Re: Font formats accepted by OFLB (Ben Laenen) 8. Re: Font formats accepted by OFLB (Ben Weiner) 9. Re: Font formats accepted by OFLB (Ben Weiner) 10. Re: Font formats accepted by OFLB (Nicolas Mailhot) -- Message: 1 Date: Fri, 24 Oct 2008 16:48:38 -0400 From: Ed Trager [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [Openfontlibrary] Font formats accepted by OFLB To: Ben Weiner [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: Open Font Library list openfontlibrary@lists.freedesktop.org Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Hi, Ben, Don't forget .ttc true type collections. These will become more popular in the future, I am sure. I second Mark Leisher's suggestion to accept pcf and bdf. Some people are going to provide one font in multiple font containers: i.e., maybe ttf and pcf, or ttf and Postscript. But I agree with you that the older Postscript containers are not needed since OTF can contain Postscript outlines, right? Ben Laenen's question is relevant. Perhaps the right tack is for OFLB to simply encourage inclusion of at least a ttf container. Note however there are legitimate use cases where .bdf or .pcf might be the first choice container -- for example, a monospaced bitmap terminal font for Linux, especially for a non-Latin script where there might not be other choices available. Such a bitmap-only font should also be packaged in a TTF container, but the main file that will actually get used by people interested in that font is the bdf or pcf file. Best - Ed On Fri, Oct 24, 2008 at 12:00 PM, Ben Weiner [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi there, My proposal for OFLB font uploads in the next version of the site is to accept .otf .ttf which are far and away going to be the most widely appreciated, then .pfa .pfm .pfb .afm .bdf which are Adobe-ish formats that are all in the current site: are they all needed? Then the X-Windows format, if it is still in use: .pcf Then humna-readable source: .sfd What else? Metafont files (?.mf)? A short list is better, I think. Suggestions? Thanks, Ben ___ Openfontlibrary mailing list Openfontlibrary@lists.freedesktop.org http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/openfontlibrary -- Message: 2 Date: Fri, 24 Oct 2008 16:43:06 -0500 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Karl Berry) Subject: Re: [Openfontlibrary] Font formats accepted by OFLB To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: openfontlibrary@lists.freedesktop.org Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] But I agree with you that the older Postscript containers are not needed since OTF can contain Postscript outlines, right? Technically, sure, but pfb files are still very useful and widely used -- in the TeX world, at least. Is anything substantial gained by disallowing them? Actually, I don't see what's gained by disallowing anything. And, as mentioned, people are really uploading zips anyway, right? Anyway, I haven't seen pfa files used in umpteen years, so if you'd like to have a token format to drop, I suggest that one. karl -- Message: 3 Date: Fri, 24 Oct 2008 16:12:12 -0600 From: Mark Leisher [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [Openfontlibrary] Font formats accepted by OFLB To: Open Font Library list openfontlibrary@lists.freedesktop.org Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Ed Trager wrote: Note however there are legitimate use cases where .bdf or .pcf might be
