--- title: "#308: W3C Controversially Standardizes DRM" publication: "Frontend Focus" issue: 308 published_at: "2017-09-20" canonical_url: "https://frontendfoc.us/issues/308" --- #308: W3C Controversially Standardizes DRM This Week's HTML5, CSS, Browser, and Frontend News — [Read this e-mail on the Web](http://frontendfoc.us/issues/308) Frontend FocusIssue 308 — September 20, 2017[W3C Abandons Consensus, Standardizes DRM with 58% Support](https://boingboing.net/2017/09/18/antifeatures-for-all.html?utm_source=frontendfocus&utm_medium=email)This decision has resulted in the EFF resigning from the consortium due to a belief that the W3C process is no longer suited to defending the open web. Cory Doctorow [How New Font Technologies Will Improve The Web](https://www.smashingmagazine.com/2017/09/new-font-technologies-improve-web/?utm_source=frontendfocus&utm_medium=email)François Poizat looks at how variable & parametric fonts will revolutionize responsive type. 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