@font-face CSS3
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Hey!
What’s the deal with @font-face fonts can you just use any old font file or does it need to have a specific license?
I have a client that wants gill sans on there site.
- ********0
I am guessing this is prob correct:
- Stugoo0
Should use cufon or sifr.
Gill Sans you gotta pay for.
- ESKEMA0
you can use it with Fonts.com webfonts.
http://webfonts.fonts.com/
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Dont really want to use cifr or cufon
- Stugoo0
Why not? its image sprites for you then mateh!
- ********0
is my only choice http://webfonts.fonts.com/ if i wanna use gill sans
- ********0
I am guessing if I want to use Gill sans i am gonna have to pay
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or google could hurry up http://www.font-face.com/
- detritus0
Doesn't matter what tech is available to you, your problem is the public use of Gill Sans, which as a commercial font may (or may not) have strict conditions on its use publically, as a readily-downloadable font.
Convince your client to go with a free font for body and other copy areas and it's a totally different story.
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Good call
Wish I could convince them to do that, but you know clients and the brand guidelines, they sure love sticking to every word in it.
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@font face is not consistent across browsers
- ********0
I know that fella!
More confused about licensing
- d_rek0
If your client has money to spend - but no gill sans:
http://www.fontshop.com/blog/?ca…
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That looks cool
- thecreativefire0
gill sans is a default font available on every mac shipped (in the uk at least). not a lot of good if you've got a pc mind but your could add it to the start of your font declaration
eg font-face: "Gill Sans", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif
so at least people who have it can see it. That's what I did for this site...
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So can you use any font with @font-face as I did here:
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or is it not allowed as it allows people to download fonts for free
- Stugoo0
If you do it this way be sure not to just use the MT version though as I have Gill Sans but not the MT version. Get your font stack correct.
http://unitinteractive.com/blog/…This _is_ a legal way of including the font in the page but people who don't have the font wont see it.
You should not rely on this method soley if you want your site to look the same on every computer... (not browser).I warn you about this as the MD might have Gill Sans... and go to show a future client/investor and then be like... 'oh the site looks different on your computer' then you have to save yourself a massive headache of explaining why you didn't just use sifr, cufon or any other image replacement.
- ********0
So....
@font-face - May see it may not
Cufon - If javascript turned off can't see
sIFR - If flash turned off can't see
Fontshop - Only certain foundrys
fonts.com - Javascript again
- thecreativefire0
that's sort of the point. all those options allow graceful degrading so your sites looks perfect and beautiful for people who have the font on their machine but still shows text allbeit not so good looking for those who don't.
The only way to guarantee everyone sees gill sans is to use images.