CSS transforms are not supported by IE8 and lower (~4.6% of users), and might come with substantial performance costs on other browsers. (I haven't checked this.) Also, would this really save that much? I don't understand compression very well, but I would think the gzipping would shrink down most repetition anyway. On Sun, Sep 7, 2014 at 2:44 PM, Stephen E Slevinski Jr < [log in to unmask]> wrote: > On 9/7/14, 7:50 AM, Jonathan y Yolaine wrote: > >> Have you considered making a font with only the fills for each basegroup, >> then using CSS to do the rotation and miroring? Because you'll need CSS to >> do the symbol placement and sign layout anyways. The font would be about >> 12 to 13 times smaller. Do you see any drawbacks doing it this way? >> >> Hi Jonathan, > > This might be helpful in some cases, such as the hands and the arrows, but > it would add a lot of complication. The exceptions would have to be > identified and handled correctly. > > Specifically, rotation 1 and rotation 2 do not match up perfectly on the > 45 degree rotation. From rotation 1, we could derive rotations 3, 5, 7, 9, > 11, 13, and 15. From rotation 2, we could derive rotations 4, 6, 8, 10, > 12, 14, and 16. This is a relic of the symbol set from SignWriter Dos and > Valerie's original PNG version of the ISWA 2010. > > I do not think it would be worth the efforts, but I would be happy to be > wrong. Having a much smaller font would be a good thing. > > > Regards, > -Steve > > ________________________________________________ > > > SIGNWRITING LIST INFORMATION > > Valerie Sutton > SignWriting List moderator > [log in to unmask] > > Post Messages to the SignWriting List: > [log in to unmask] > > SignWriting List Archives & Home Page > http://www.signwriting.org/forums/swlist > > Join, Leave or Change How You Receive SW List Messages > http://listserv.valenciacollege.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=SW-L&A=1 > > ________________________________________________ SIGNWRITING LIST INFORMATION Valerie Sutton SignWriting List moderator [log in to unmask] Post Messages to the SignWriting List: [log in to unmask] SignWriting List Archives & Home Page http://www.signwriting.org/forums/swlist Join, Leave or Change How You Receive SW List Messages http://listserv.valenciacollege.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=SW-L&A=1