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December 19, 2009

Looking at the bigger picture of ClearType and @font-face embedding – Firefox and Safari

My recent post on fixing ClearType issues in IE7 and IE8 sparked some great conversation and in the process educated me a lot further on the existing pittfalls of @font-face embedding.
My original fix, like many, was born out of pure necessisity. I needed a solution to allow me to present smoother embedded type faces for [...]

December 5, 2009

Smoother @font-face embedding in IE 7 & 8

You could say I’ve become somewhat obsessed with @font-face embedding over the past few months. I’ve most certainly fell head over heels for the @font-face generator from fontsquirrel.com (see the recap below).
One thing however that has always bothered me is IE7 and IE8’s rendering of embedded fonts, so today with IE tester at hand and [...]

jQuery Plugin : IE @font-face ClearType fix

This plugin is a simple fix for anyone having issues in IE7 and 8 when embedding custom fonts using the @font-face selector. Microsoft’s ClearType functionality can at times cause embedded fonts to render hard and jagged as opposed to smooth and anti-aliased.
You can see the article that this plugin originates from here. If you can [...]

November 19, 2009

Typekit goes live, how useful is the first font as service

Due to my previous musings on @font-face and the ongoing issues of embedding beautiful font faces, I thought it was only apt that I give the newly launched Typekit a quick once over and see just how useful this font as service offering is. I’m going to approach this review trying to forget most of what I already know about @font-face embedding.

November 12, 2009

@font-face a guide to embedding gorgeous fonts that work cross-browser

Since launching the site I’ve had a few emails regarding the font being used on allcreatives and also the technique used to embed the font. Despite two previous posts on the progress on @font-face I realised I hadn’t actually posted up on how to implement @font-face effectively, so here it is.

November 9, 2009

Revisiting @font-face, things may be looking up

So since I last posted about the joys and ultimate instability of the @font-face CSS property I’ve been keeping both eyes peeled for any further progress from the incredibly smart people who solve these kinds of problems. Progress over the last few months has been rapid …