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That document has a really good summary of all the problems surrounding text rendering onto a canvas[1]. Having been through the pain of implementing such a sys
by rikroots 2y ago
That document has a really good summary of all the problems surrounding text rendering onto a canvas[1]. Having been through the pain of implementing such a system for my canvas library earlier this year I can sympathise with the decision not to include it in the proposed format's MVP.
What did disappoint me when reading the doc was the decision to place accessibility at the bottom of the list of priorities for the proposed format. There's a footnote that says "Accessibility being low on this list reflects that the needs can be met outside the format as well, and supporting them inside the format would be beneficial only to the extent that it provides greater flexibility to designers", but to me that seemed back-to-front: why not tell the engine/device that will display the image the (preferred) requirements for accessibly rendering (or describing) that image by including such data in the format, rather than hoping that the engine/device will make "best efforts" to support people with accessible needs in some unknowable way?
[1] Text section in doc - https://docs.google.com/document/d/1YWffrlc6ZqRwfIiR1qwp1AOkS9JyA_lEURI8p5PsZlg/edit#heading=h.2fvcp5gqzghd https://docs.google.com/document/d/1YWffrlc6ZqRwfIiR1qwp1AOk...