SIL OPEN FONT LICENSE Version 1.1 - 26 February 2007 This license is copied below, and is also available with a FAQ at: (I was skeptical when the first few posters made it sound impossible.This Font Software is licensed under the SIL Open Font License, Version 1.1. I’m glad there is a way to do what I originally inquired about. It sounds like you are an expert in this area. Thanks for all of the comments and tips!! :tup: (After looking at things for like 3-4 minutes and re-reading what you just said, I finally figured out how to view different fonts?!) There website is POORLY laid out and is NOT very intuitive. For example, after attaching a special font with I might create a rule similar to the following: I don’t know how familiar you are with CSS font stacks, but they work just the same with -attached fonts as they do with regular ones. See above explanation of font stacks.Ī.) None, unless your site would be useless if the special font were replaced with something generic such as Times New Roman. The result, such as this one, is a live attached font, not an image. You can see all the live demos you could ever want on FontSquirrel - go to this page and click “View demo” just above any font preview. (Case in point though - you can’t legally embed MS Comic Sans, although most people do have it already.) Only if you use MS Comic Sans and the user is a graphic designer. If no backup fonts are specified, it will devolve on the user’s default - usually Times New Roman or something similar. Now if for some reason “Goose Tracks” fails to load, h1 will fail over to the next chosen font. For example, after attaching a special font with I might create a rule similar to the following:įont-family: goose-tracks, microsoft sans serif, arial, sans Or is it as simple as if it doesn’t work, then a “default” font like Arial will load?ĭo you have any examples where you have used this with success and that render your pages “graphic designer print quality”?Ī.) None, unless your site would be useless if the special font were replaced with something generic such as Times New Roman. So, if I take your advice, what are the chances that…Ī.) The font wouldn’t load properly and render my site uselessĬ.) Create an explosion with body-parts everywhere?! FontSquirrel has made it quite easy once you understand the basics. used with a particular CSS trick promulgated by the Squirrel and others, accomplishes exactly what you want to do: It “serves” a special font to your users so they see the text the way you want even if they don’t happen to have a copy of “Super-Funky-Left-Handed-Goose-Tracks.ttf” on their computer. FontSquirrel has made it quite easy once you understand the can be a little daunting at first, even with FontSquirrel - however it’s well worth it. The main advantage of using their rather narrow selection is that, with popularity of Google’s font service almost sure to grow, the bandwidth savings due to pre-cached font files could be substantial. Google also has a small font kit offering which you might check out at. The good news is that FontSquirrel gives you a CSS file already made up and ready to go.
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