Comments on: CSS3 @font-face is not as ready as you would think http://www.position-absolute.com/articles/html5-font-face-is-not-as-ready-as-you-would-think/ Get your web worker news fix Fri, 10 Feb 2012 21:12:55 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 hourly 1 By: Frode Helland http://www.position-absolute.com/articles/html5-font-face-is-not-as-ready-as-you-would-think/comment-page-1/#comment-8296 Frode Helland Thu, 29 Jul 2010 19:46:15 +0000 http://www.position-absolute.com/?p=1066#comment-8296 This is not an issue with @font-face. Truetype fonts need hinting to look good with Cleartype rendering -- to look good with Greyscale rendering they need a LOT of hinting. Postscript fonts look crap in both situations. The reason you haven't noticed this earlier is the core webfonts are all extensively hinted. This is not an issue with @font-face. Truetype fonts need hinting to look good with Cleartype rendering — to look good with Greyscale rendering they need a LOT of hinting. Postscript fonts look crap in both situations. The reason you haven’t noticed this earlier is the core webfonts are all extensively hinted.

]]> By: Fontlek med html5 og css3 : stign.no http://www.position-absolute.com/articles/html5-font-face-is-not-as-ready-as-you-would-think/comment-page-1/#comment-6406 Fontlek med html5 og css3 : stign.no Mon, 08 Mar 2010 16:14:01 +0000 http://www.position-absolute.com/?p=1066#comment-6406 [...] er en artikkel fra position-absolute.com som tar for seg noen av de samme problemstillingene som jeg [...] [...] er en artikkel fra position-absolute.com som tar for seg noen av de samme problemstillingene som jeg [...]

]]> By: Import av egne fonter i html 5 : stign.no http://www.position-absolute.com/articles/html5-font-face-is-not-as-ready-as-you-would-think/comment-page-1/#comment-6404 Import av egne fonter i html 5 : stign.no Mon, 08 Mar 2010 14:36:56 +0000 http://www.position-absolute.com/?p=1066#comment-6404 [...] er en artikkel fra position-absolute.com/ som tar for seg noen av de samme problemstillingene som jeg [...] [...] er en artikkel fra position-absolute.com/ som tar for seg noen av de samme problemstillingene som jeg [...]

]]> By: Ahmad Ali http://www.position-absolute.com/articles/html5-font-face-is-not-as-ready-as-you-would-think/comment-page-1/#comment-6332 Ahmad Ali Wed, 03 Mar 2010 06:58:17 +0000 http://www.position-absolute.com/?p=1066#comment-6332 on my IE7 the font not show up ?? can you help me ?? on my IE7 the font not show up ?? can you help me ??

]]> By: Miscellaneous - CSS3 @font-face currently sucks! http://www.position-absolute.com/articles/html5-font-face-is-not-as-ready-as-you-would-think/comment-page-1/#comment-5819 Miscellaneous - CSS3 @font-face currently sucks! Sat, 30 Jan 2010 19:43:37 +0000 http://www.position-absolute.com/?p=1066#comment-5819 [...] http://www.position-absolute.com/articles/html5-font-face-is-not-as-ready-as-you-would-think/ [...] [...] http://www.position-absolute.com/articles/html5-font-face-is-not-as-ready-as-you-would-think/ [...]

]]> By: Cedric Dugas http://www.position-absolute.com/articles/html5-font-face-is-not-as-ready-as-you-would-think/comment-page-1/#comment-5417 Cedric Dugas Wed, 06 Jan 2010 14:16:22 +0000 http://www.position-absolute.com/?p=1066#comment-5417 Not really, IE implemented font-face, but the current implementation from every browser Are parts of the CSS3 spec. Not really, IE implemented font-face, but the current implementation from every browser Are parts of the CSS3 spec.

]]> By: Ian Devlin http://www.position-absolute.com/articles/html5-font-face-is-not-as-ready-as-you-would-think/comment-page-1/#comment-5415 Ian Devlin Wed, 06 Jan 2010 13:37:54 +0000 http://www.position-absolute.com/?p=1066#comment-5415 @font-face is CSS1, NOT CSS3! @font-face is CSS1, NOT CSS3!

]]> By: Mike http://www.position-absolute.com/articles/html5-font-face-is-not-as-ready-as-you-would-think/comment-page-1/#comment-5062 Mike Sat, 05 Dec 2009 17:25:16 +0000 http://www.position-absolute.com/?p=1066#comment-5062 In combination with fontsquirrel you may also want to check out the following, which addresses rendering issues in IE7/8 http://allcreatives.net/2009/12/05/smoother-font-face-embedding-in-ie-7-8/ In combination with fontsquirrel you may also want to check out the following, which addresses rendering issues in IE7/8

http://allcreatives.net/2009/12/05/smoother-font-face-embedding-in-ie-7-8/

]]> By: Dooza http://www.position-absolute.com/articles/html5-font-face-is-not-as-ready-as-you-would-think/comment-page-1/#comment-4563 Dooza Tue, 17 Nov 2009 10:19:06 +0000 http://www.position-absolute.com/?p=1066#comment-4563 Has anyone else seen Font Squirrel? http://www.fontsquirrel.com/ They have FREE fonts in kits that are usable straight away that will work very nicely on all modern browsers. Most work on IE6 too. Check it out if you want to see what can be done with legal fonts. Has anyone else seen Font Squirrel? http://www.fontsquirrel.com/

They have FREE fonts in kits that are usable straight away that will work very nicely on all modern browsers. Most work on IE6 too. Check it out if you want to see what can be done with legal fonts.

]]> By: Cedric Dugas http://www.position-absolute.com/articles/html5-font-face-is-not-as-ready-as-you-would-think/comment-page-1/#comment-2577 Cedric Dugas Wed, 02 Sep 2009 12:38:25 +0000 http://www.position-absolute.com/?p=1066#comment-2577 There is no such thing in CSS, I am not really svg savvy, so I can't say for sure. But Alex describe really well the problem, I think this problem will go away when windows 7 will have major share. There is no such thing in CSS, I am not really svg savvy, so I can’t say for sure. But Alex describe really well the problem, I think this problem will go away when windows 7 will have major share.

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