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[new] Forward compatibility #31

Open davelab6 opened 3 years ago

davelab6 commented 3 years ago

It seems a new font format can massively improve on legacy formats by making future format changes unfurl in a smooth way.

W3C uses "levels" instead of "versions" and perhaps that is a good way to think about font format step changes.

"Level Font Format"? :)