On Jul 29, 2014, at 7:42 PM, Bear Travis <[email protected]> wrote:

> Hi All,
> 
> WebKit has support for an older version of the CSS Font Loading Specification 
> [1], implemented back in 2013 [2]. I would like to bring this work in line 
> with the current version of the specification, and enable it by default in 
> the nightlies. The specification provides support for coordinating font 
> loading: querying if fonts have loaded, requesting specific fonts to load, 
> and providing notifications as fonts are loading.
> 
> Other browsers have a positive outlook on the feature. Chrome has already 
> shipped it [3], and Mozilla is in the process of implementing it [4].

Do you want to implement it behind a compile time flag? IMO it is an important 
and great API. However, Cameron filed a lot of specifications but reports while 
implementing it [1]. So there might still be some issues to discover.

I strongly support the implementation though.

Greetings,
Dirk

[1] http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2014Jun/

> 
> Please let me know if you have any questions, comments, or concerns.
> -Bear
> 
> [1] http://dev.w3.org/csswg/css-font-loading/
> [2] https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=98395
> [3] http://www.chromestatus.com/features/6244676289953792
> [4] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=835247
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