Magda,
The information at: PANOSE: An Ideal Typeface Matching System for the
Web
http://www.w3.org/Printing/stevahn.html is fairly dated (4/22/96) but
might be a starting point for more information.
Patrick
> "Magda Danish (Unicode)" wrote:
>
> Any info on the subject would be greatly appreciated.
> Thanks,
> Magda.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Norbert Schade [mailto:norbertschade@oaktech.com]
> Sent: Thursday, July 26, 2001 10:11 AM
> To: Magda Danish (Unicode)
> Subject: Panose
>
> Magda,
> Panose is a kind of font classification system.
> It defines a number of font attributes, which allow to group fonts by
> certain characteristics.
> We try to find out, whether this is an open standard in the meantime,
> as was mentionend as a chance on some older Panose related web sites.
> As a matter of fact one web site assumed that the Unicode Consortium
> could be one candidate to manage the standard in future.
> Anyhow - could you help me in finding out, who owns the Panose
> standard today? Is it an open standard?
>
> Regards
> Norbert Schade
> Principle Software Engineer
> Host Software Group
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-- Patrick Durusau Director of Research and Development Society of Biblical Literature pdurusau@emory.edu
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