We finally have the ability to serve custom fonts to all popular browsers. However, like everything in our profession, there’s a minefield of gotchas and peculiarities between browsers, devices and operating systems.
This presentation (probably meaningless without audio) investigates the browser flaws, optimisations & legal pitfalls in serving webfonts.
I’ve only seen the slides, but I think (besides Arial), you’ve done a fantastic job of bringing a pretty technical and dull subject to life. Great stuff!
This was my talk of the day at DiBi too - impeccably well tested/researched, and full of really good info. I know a fair bit about web fonts, but I learned a lot, even about my own browser's implementation ;-)
If that is an informational wank to the face, then I'll have 5 more. And a tissue.
Also, you should wear it as a badge of honour of someone got offended and walked out!
Clipping is a handy way to collect and organize the most important slides from a presentation. You can keep your great finds in clipboards organized around topics.
If that is an informational wank to the face, then I'll have 5 more. And a tissue.
Also, you should wear it as a badge of honour of someone got offended and walked out!