Font Mime-Types

[Marc Mutz]

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On Tuesday 21 May 2002 00:55, Gioele Barabucci wrote:
> On Monday 20 May 2002 21:48, Marc Mutz wrote:
> > > x-truetype-font -> for TrueType fonts
> > > x-font          -> lists Type1, and *some* bitmap formats.
> >
> > Mime types are not an invention of KDE, you know. See www.iana.org
> > for a list of registered mime types. I can find at least on app
> > subtype registered there. For others, search with google.
>
> x- are not registered mime types: they are for private use.
> Maybe you are confusing them with vnd. (vendor) entry that defines
> media typed by suggestion/request of their authors.
>
> There is only one application/font* entry in iana listing, and that
> has nothing to do with the kind of fonts Craig wants to play with...

The problem is that there are too many x- mime types out there. And 
KMail queries the installed .desktop files and uses the mime type found 
there, so x-* mime types will get out of the scope of KDE-internal. 
That's one of the reasons why I fight against them to the point of 
offering every KDE app assistance in getting mime types registered in 
the vnd tree for their app (see KOffice mime type discussion a while 
back).

This is just one step higher.

OSS is not condemned to implement standards the "industry" prescribes 
us. KDE is powerful enough to set a few standards by itself. And if 
it's only properly registering new mime types with IANA or trying to 
get a new top-level mime type "font" on the way...

Marc

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Marc Mutz <mutz at kde.org>
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