> With that in mind, has there been similar thought about web > fonts that are downloaded from the web?
I had some thoughts and I cannot find my notes about it. Other font-related writings (like the FSF recommending GPL-incompatible licenses for them, or the issue of font sources) don't suggest them being considered an important issue for free software hackers. > I know they aren't pure code > like JavaScript, but there are a lot of fonts that get downloaded in > the background when a page loads that aren't under a free software > compatible license and get executed in the browser. They are works for practical purposes, there are good reasons to be able to use/modify them (e.g. l10n, modifying documents: important with free documentation or free software). TrueType fonts have real programs for hinting, also any outline fonts are considered programs for legal reasons, I don't consider this as important as what they are useful for. I often disable downloadable fonts for technical reasons: many have "bad" hinting (i.e. not like the Deja Vu fonts that I like) and usually browsers display white or differently formated text before downloading the font (this should be solved by caching, isn't).
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