Feature Request: COLRv1 support for Chrome 98 and above

[kamekku14]

So as it turns out, it seems that Google Chrome is finally leaving the COLRv1 font format out of the beta stage since the (stable!) release of version 98, as explained in #25 (comment).

But the question is: Will this font support this new kind of color font format? And will it work?

You can find this specification here, and I know that Google made a COLRv1 version of the Twemoji font here in https://github.com/googlefonts/color-fonts, but I couldn't afford to test it.

[CoelacanthusHex]

Firefox also supports COLRv1 now.
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1740530

[13rac1]

I find the idea of supporting COLRv1 interesting, but not compelling. The other fonts already exist. It seems like duplicate work to update this font. What is the benefit?

[pointydev]

As noted in my previous response in #25, OT-SVG support is very limited across browsers (only provided by Apple, who oppose this standard), and COLRv1 has been shipping since Chrome 98. Also, Firefox (with a positive position) will be enabling COLRv1 support by default in 107+.

This font, in it's current state, is very limited in where it can be used on the web.

[13rac1]

This Feature Request will require a significant amount of work including updates to https://github.com/13rac1/scfbuild I wonder why the project should be prioritized when https://github.com/googlefonts/color-fonts exists. I have closed the CBDT/SBIX feature requests, because they are now redundant. COLRv1 is the correct path forward, but I need a convincing argument why it is necessary. How is this project better than googlefonts/color-fonts?

[pointydev]

Experimental color font builds. Intended to help verify font toolchain builds things that work with consuming tools for COLRv1 (colr gradients spec).

That repository is only intended to help verify/test toolchains as stated in it's README, not to be accurate, maintained and up-to-date.

[drott]

Chrome fonts developer here. You could use https://github.com/googlefonts/nanoemoji and https://github.com/googlefonts/picosvg to build your own version of Twemoji COLRv1 - this is mainly what we're doing in the https://github.com/googlefonts/color-fonts repository (compare this config), but you could maintain that continuously and modify it as you see fit.

[13rac1]

@pointydev Yes, good point.

@drott Yes, I could! I cloned the repo last night to test and review. It would be easier to use nanoemoji than update my own tooling.

[HinTak]

Google folks added OT-SVG support to Chrome but left it disabled: https://issues.chromium.org/issues/40336440#comment71