#font-face (24 links)
Great review of @font-face performance by Dave Artz: http://t.co/CqPOUaBY
Easy to forget.
- Loading Typekit fonts asynchronously « The Typekit Blog blog.typekit.com
Just in case, like.
- The New Bulletproof @Font-Face Syntax | Fontspring fontspring.com
Via monospaced.
- Web Designer Notebook » The Little Known font-size-adjust CSS3 Property webdesignernotebook.com
Firefox only at present. "Ever wanted to use fallback fonts on your CSS with different aspect ratios without them looking huge (or tiny)? The sparkling new CSS3 font-size-adjust property could do just that, maybe."
- Web Font Specimen webfontspecimen.com
Because web type renders differently with only subtle CSS adjustments, seeing it exercised in a variety of ways can help web designers typeset—and also help them decide which typefaces to purchase for their projects.
Via smitchio.
- The problem with @font-face « Tech Talk roblaplaca.com
Reasonable arguments against the current state of @font-face. "I want sIFR to die as much as the next person but I’m still too apprehensive to use @font-face embedding in my projects. Without being able to present a simple, open, self-hosted path on how to include custom fonts on a site, I can’t see clients signing-off."
Via paul.irish.
- Web FontFonts (FF Release 52) | Blog | FontShop fontshop.com
More than 30 of the most successful FontFont families are now available as Web FontFonts®, including FF DIN®, FF Meta®, FF Dax®, and FF Kievit®.
- The League of Moveable Type theleagueofmoveabletype.com
only the most well-made, free & open-source, @font-face ready fonts.
- Font Squirrel | Create Your Own @font-face Kits fontsquirrel.com
Via smitchio.
Hosted @font-face. For cash, of course.
- High Performance Web Sites :: @font-face and performance stevesouders.com
Ouch. "My first piece of advice is to avoid using @font-face unless it’s critical to the page. The primary reason for this advice is that font files block rendering of the entire page in IE until they’re done downloading. Stylesheets also have this problem. But stylesheets provide styling for all aspects of the entire page, whereas font files only add one thing - a custom font."
- Boing Boing Redesign Uncovers Web Font Ignorance | Phinney on Fonts thomasphinney.com
Bottom line: the font sucks. This should not be a surprise. Most free fonts do. Don’t get me wrong. There are a few great free fonts out there. But 98% of free fonts suck badly, and maybe about 20% of typically-priced retail fonts suck badly, so set your expectations appropriately.
Far from delivering the look BoingBoing was going for, @font-face fell flat on its face; when the changes went live Tuesday, not only were the fonts Boing Boing wanted to use not legally available for the web, the font it settled on — specifically BPreplay — ended up looking terrible for most users.
Via paul.irish.
- @font-face in Depth useragentman.com