Chromatic Opentype Fonts and Browsers

James Puckett
James Puckett Posts: 2,051
in Type Design Software
What is the current state of, and/or plan for, browser support of the new chromatic font options added to OpenType 1.7? The latest information I found is from last year, which seems to be:
• Windows 8.1 and up support COLR/CPAL via DirectWrite. IE and Chrome support this.
• Firefox supports SVG
• Safari and Android support Apple and Google’s PNG formats if the fonts are installed locally. 

Have things changed since then? Are the browser makers going to collaborate to support all or one of the three formats in OpenType so that users and font vendors don’t have to deal with three formats supported differently in different browsers?

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  • Khaled Hosny
    Khaled Hosny Posts: 303
    Firefox supports SVG and COLR/CPAL on all platforms. I don't think Chrome supports any (except may be on Android).
  • Dave Crossland
    Dave Crossland Posts: 1,557
    Chrome is a single codebase; what makes the difference is the use of proprietary platform APIs. 
  • James Puckett
    James Puckett Posts: 2,051
    Does that mean Chrome for Mac and Linux will support COLR/CPAL and/or SVG when those platforms support them?

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