@font-face
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CSS standard to define the fonts to use.
Name | @font-face |
|---|---|
| Website | www.w3.org/... |
| Difficulty to setup | easy |
| Dependencies | |
| Pros | + accessibility is maintained + full unicode support + font style support |
| Cons | - no common font file format to use across all browsers - some formats are heavy to download |
| Font licensing issue | need font rights |
| Additional link | fontsquirrel.com/... |
| Features | |
| Text selectable | Yes |
| Accessible | Yes |
| Text scalable | Yes |
| Loads quickly (no FOUT) | Yes |
| Compatibility | |
| Internet Explorer | Yes 4+ (EOT, WOFF (IE9) fonts) |
| Firefox | Yes 3.5+ (TTF, OTF, WOFF (FF3.6) fonts) |
| Safari | Yes 3.1+ (TTF, OTF fonts) |
| Google Chrome | Yes 4+ (TTF, OTF fonts) |
| Opera | Yes 10+ (TTF, OTF, SVG fonts) |
| iPhone/iPad | Yes (SVG font) |
User reviews and comments
For now it's still complex to make it compatible with most browsers, but it's a promising solution.