WebFonts

[Phillip E Cash Cash]

Thanks Neskie, good info.  If we use our particular fonts for our web pages
then I imagine we would simply drop our fonts into the webpage folder on the
server.  Just a simple line of code should do it!  I will give it a try.

Phil
ilat mg

On Fri, Feb 11, 2011 at 10:22 AM, Neskie Manuel <neskiem at gmail.com> wrote:

> Weytk,
>
> I've known that there have been different solutions for embedding fonts in
> websites, but now that it has standardized it is pretty good to use.  The
> Browser support is pretty good.  Here is a list of browsers and their
> support for the standard:
>
> http://webfonts.info/wiki/index.php?title=%40font-face_browser_support
>
> Embedding fonts is a good way to ensure that your page displays correctly.
>  To add this to an existing site you would need to do very little to get it
> up and running.  I think in a lot of cases it would involved oneline of CSS.
>
> Things to be aware of would be that it adds to the size of the Downloaded
> page so it would slow down people on not so fast connections.  Also not all
> fonts can be distributed through webfonts, because of copyright issues, but
> fonts with OpenLicenses are fine.
>
> Now Google has taken it a step further and implemented a font directory
> that people can use:
>
> http://code.google.com/webfonts
>
> You can use that to embed different fonts in your website.
>
> Have a good weekend.
>
> --
> Neskie Manuel
> http://neskiemanuel.ath.cx
> Tel: (250) 679-2821
>
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