CSA Group Information Technology - Coding of Audio-Visual Objects - Part 18: Font Compression and Streaming (Adopted ISO/IEC 14496-18:2004, first edition, 2004-07-01)

Preface Standards development within the Information Technology sector is harmonized with international standards development. Through the CSA Technical Committee on Information Technology (TCIT), Canadians serve as the Canadian Advisory Committee (CAC) on ISO/IEC Joint Technical Committee 1 on Information Technology (ISO/IEC JTC1) for the Standards Council of Canada (SCC), the ISO member body for Canada and sponsor of the Canadian National Committee of the IEC. Also, as a member of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), Canada participates in the International Telegraph and Telephone Consultative Committee (ITU-T). At the time of publication, ISO/IEC 14496-18:2004 is available from ISO and IEC in English only. CSA will publish the French version when it becomes available from ISO and IEC. Scope This part of ISO/IEC 14496 specifies functionalities for the communication of font data as part of the MPEG-4 encoded audio-visual presentation. More specifically, it defines: 1. Font format representation that is utilized for font data encoding (OpenType); 2. Font compression technology for TrueType and OpenType fonts with TrueType outlines; and 3. The coded representation of information in font data streams.