Comments on: The trouble with @font-face http://www.thebrightlines.com/2009/11/01/the-trouble-with-font-face/ HTML, CSS, Javascript and more Wed, 14 Dec 2011 22:39:26 +0100 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: K http://www.thebrightlines.com/2009/11/01/the-trouble-with-font-face/comment-page-1/#comment-364 K Sat, 04 Jun 2011 00:45:28 +0000 http://www.thebrightlines.com/?p=73#comment-364 I wonder if any of the other browsers who implement @font-face support provide MORE user control over it or less/none - I wonder? Apart from Internet Explorer, I can't think of one other browser which allows the user to specify NOT to download/use @font-face downloads but still render the rest of an stylesheet(s) LAYOUT. Most/all* others have an option of with full css style ON or full css style OFF! (* excepting later editions of Chrome) Strange, considering all the security risks with @font-face (primarily Internet Explorer, it has to be admitted!) It really should have been a pre-requisite really, when the rule was first mooted that if an browser supports @font-face they must also give user option to turn @font-face download OFF but without affecting the overall layout of the page - NOT just because of any security risk but for usability reasons! Oh, and for the record, I am one of those who has IE (on XP and 7) put into "paranoid" mode (I turned off @font-face a few years ago anyway, as I was getting fed up with the additional load time and the "ugly" designs I was witnessing!) but yes, I have internet zone set to high and only "allow" my trusted websites to run content other than plain html - so there are one or two out there! I wonder if any of the other browsers who implement @font-face support provide MORE user control over it or less/none – I wonder?

Apart from Internet Explorer, I can’t think of one other browser which allows the user to specify NOT to download/use @font-face downloads but still render the rest of an stylesheet(s) LAYOUT. Most/all* others have an option of
with full css style ON or full css style OFF!

(* excepting later editions of Chrome)

Strange, considering all the security risks with @font-face (primarily Internet Explorer, it has to be admitted!)

It really should have been a pre-requisite really, when the rule was first mooted that if an browser supports @font-face they must also give user option to turn @font-face download OFF but without affecting the overall layout of the page – NOT just because of any security risk but for usability reasons!

Oh, and for the record, I am one of those who has IE (on XP and 7) put into “paranoid” mode (I turned off @font-face a few years ago anyway, as I was getting fed up with the additional load time and the “ugly” designs I was witnessing!) but yes, I have internet zone set to high and only “allow” my trusted websites to run content other than plain html – so there are one or two out there!

]]> By: sim http://www.thebrightlines.com/2009/11/01/the-trouble-with-font-face/comment-page-1/#comment-172 sim Wed, 03 Nov 2010 19:52:35 +0000 http://www.thebrightlines.com/?p=73#comment-172 Font squirrels @fontface kits work fine with ie6 and chrome7.I just tried it (Nov 3rd 2010) Font squirrels @fontface kits work fine with ie6 and chrome7.I just tried it (Nov 3rd 2010)

]]> By: Kumar http://www.thebrightlines.com/2009/11/01/the-trouble-with-font-face/comment-page-1/#comment-144 Kumar Thu, 30 Sep 2010 05:55:08 +0000 http://www.thebrightlines.com/?p=73#comment-144 Very nice.. Thanks for the article. Very nice..
Thanks for the article.

]]> By: admin http://www.thebrightlines.com/2009/11/01/the-trouble-with-font-face/comment-page-1/#comment-5 admin Mon, 02 Nov 2009 22:04:38 +0000 http://www.thebrightlines.com/?p=73#comment-5 Thank you for the feedback. I updated the article with some of your links. Thank you for the feedback. I updated the article with some of your links.

]]> By: Tim Brown http://www.thebrightlines.com/2009/11/01/the-trouble-with-font-face/comment-page-1/#comment-4 Tim Brown Mon, 02 Nov 2009 15:27:27 +0000 http://www.thebrightlines.com/?p=73#comment-4 Thanks for this, Wouter. Re: WEFT, have you seen this screencast from Jonathan Snook? http://snook.ca/archives/html_and_css/screencast-converting-ttf2eot There's also Font Squirrel's @font-face Kit Generator, which does some conversion for you: http://www.fontsquirrel.com/fontface/generator I mention both of these resources in a recent post I wrote called "How to use CSS @font-face." Check it out: http://nicewebtype.com/x/u Thanks for this, Wouter.

Re: WEFT, have you seen this screencast from Jonathan Snook?
http://snook.ca/archives/html_and_css/screencast-converting-ttf2eot

There’s also Font Squirrel’s @font-face Kit Generator, which does some conversion for you:
http://www.fontsquirrel.com/fontface/generator

I mention both of these resources in a recent post I wrote called “How to use CSS @font-face.” Check it out: http://nicewebtype.com/x/u

]]> By: Erika http://www.thebrightlines.com/2009/11/01/the-trouble-with-font-face/comment-page-1/#comment-3 Erika Mon, 02 Nov 2009 14:44:58 +0000 http://www.thebrightlines.com/?p=73#comment-3 Beautifully written! Very glad you wrote this up. I tend to lean toward PHP Font replacement or sIFR if it's vital, but I try to not design my sites so closely around one specific font so much that I have to put the visitor through all of that stress, lol. Nice job! Beautifully written! Very glad you wrote this up. I tend to lean toward PHP Font replacement or sIFR if it’s vital, but I try to not design my sites so closely around one specific font so much that I have to put the visitor through all of that stress, lol.

Nice job!

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