Comments on: So Many Fonts, So Little Print

By: chelt.org

chelt.org — Sat, 03 Mar 2007 05:25:35 +0000

re: obscure fonts for the web You can always try out sIFR. Embed a font in a Flash file, and a Javascript will render that font in the browser, on the fly. There's always (X)HTML/CSS behind the replaced text, so this method degrades silently if someone doesn't have access to Flash. Works beautifully with CMSes. Pages with sIFR validate just fine.

By: Jens Alfke

Jens Alfke — Thu, 25 Jan 2007 19:35:07 +0000

saoshyant — please be more specific about “font linking”! I searched and found some old competing IE-specific and Netscape-specific technologies. There’s also an “@font-face” directive in CSS2, but from what I’ve seen, it’s not actually supported in browsers yet:

http://www.westciv.com/style_master/academy/browser_support/basic_concepts.html

By: saoshyant

saoshyant — Thu, 25 Jan 2007 14:58:19 +0000

You know, while I would agree with your statement that you can’t use obscure fonts on the web back in 2000, or so, I can’t any longer. I suggest that you look into CSS, and font linking. The font is then downloaded and cached by the browser just like an image, and the user sees the content through the font you want. That simple, and if the font isn’t larger than 40 kb, it’s something trivial and worth looking for.

By: Josh

Josh — Thu, 25 Jan 2007 14:49:03 +0000

“The problem is that these days I don’t actually have a whole lot of use for fonts. Desktop Publishing is passé, I hardly ever print anything, and when I design something for the web I can’t use obscure fonts that other people don’t have.”

Reminds me of my tour of Moscow — my guide told me, “Under Communism, we had all the money we wanted, but the stores were empty. Now, the stores are full, but we have no money.”

By: beza1e1

beza1e1 — Thu, 25 Jan 2007 08:06:48 +0000

Have you seen Gentium and Linux Libertine?

I’m designing flyers and stuff from time to time and i can sometimes use a sepcial font there. My favourite site is dafont.com.

By: beesbuzz.biz

beesbuzz.biz — Wed, 24 Jan 2007 01:24:38 +0000

Okay apparently your OpenID thing works now, but it uses the URL instead of the FOAF-proscribed nickname.

By: beesbuzz.biz

beesbuzz.biz — Wed, 24 Jan 2007 01:23:56 +0000

Blambot is good if you want a wide variety of comic lettering. Not really ‘typography’ in the traditional sense, though.

By: jmissig (LJ)

jmissig (LJ) — Tue, 23 Jan 2007 16:56:56 +0000

Tom7 has some fun fonts you might like as well for more of the hand-drawn look. I particularly like that he has the handwriting of Douglas Adams. In fact, you should probably check out some of the other stuff Tom7 does. His quirky humor might suit you.