CSS WG Blog Minutes Paris F2F Sept. 2013 Part II: Font…

Minutes Paris F2F Sept. 2013 Part II: Font Load Events, TPAC & F2F Schedule, Masking, Naming of DOMPoint Quad and Matrix, Sticky Position, Text-Combing Naming, GCPM, Writing Modes, Compositing Spec

Font Load Events

• Discussed possible new spec for font load events, including improvements on the explanatory text and security concerns about match() function.
• FontFace interface issues were also discussed. TabAtkins requested that others review the spec to allow for implementation to occur.

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Spec Discussed

TPAC and F2F Scheduling

• Still looking for a space for a Sunday meeting at Shenzhen in November.
• Tentative resolution for Jan 27-31, joint meeting with SVG, in Seattle, hosted by Adobe.
• Investigating Asian locations for week of May 12-16.
• Sophia some time in September.

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CSS Masking

• Resolved: The mask-image property only takes one layer.
• Resolved: Combine CSS Images and CSS Mask references in the SVG mask references.
• Resolved: Default value for mask-repeat is no-repeat.
• Resolved: Add keyword none to mask.
• Resolved: Default for mask-position is center.
• Resolved: Default for mask-origin is border-box.

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Spec Referenced

Naming of DOMPoint, Quad, and Matrix

• Resolved: Provisionally go for DOM prefix.

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Sticky Position

• The group agreed that Sticky would add good functionality.
• Rossen will add text about Sticky to the Position module.
• Resolved: add Rossen as editor to Position module.

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Spec Referenced

Text-Combine Naming

• Options for Text-Combine name was discussed, but no solution was decided.
• Ideas floated include text-combine-horizontal, glyph-orientation-horizontal, text-combine, and text-combine-upright.

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GCPM

• Resolved: Publish sections 1-5, 7, and 13 of GCPM ED as a new working draft.
• Resolved: Move section 6 to CSS3 Page; section 8 to CSS Color; section 9 to CSS3 Page; sections 10, 11, 14 to Overflow; section 12 to Page Floats (new spec); section 14 to Overflow (for now, Pseudo-Elements when we write it); section 15 removed; sections 16 and 17 to Page Floats.

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Specs Referenced: GCPM, Page Floats, CSS3 Page, CSS Color, and Overflow

CSS Writing Modes

• Various options were discussed to address the inheritance of text-combine-horizontal. The group came to three options, but decided to continue the conversation later to decide between those choices.
• Koji will update the spec to UTR50
• Rossen check if it’s ok to drop support for text-combine-horizontal: digits 1

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Spec Referenced

Issue 2 in Compositing Spec

• Resolved: Close issue #2
• Resolved: Everyone review Compositing/Blending, we’ll take up the question of Last Call publication at next telcon.

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Spec Referenced

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