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Re: TECH: Font Embedding

From:Christophe Grandsire-Koevoets <christophe.grandsire@...>
Date:Monday, December 8, 2008, 9:36
----- "Mark J. Reed" <markjreed@...> a écrit :

> On Fri, Dec 5, 2008 at 9:06 AM, Christophe Grandsire-Koevoets < > christophe.grandsire@free.fr> wrote: > > > This is a server-side technology. So the user doesn't need to buy > anything. > > > The licensed software may only have to be installed on the server > side, but > it's a bit misleading to call it a "server-side technology" when the > actual > font replacement happens inside the user's browser and requires Flash > and > Javascript. >
True, it's a bit misleading. It was just a sort of shortcut for "the user doesn't have to download any specific plugin".
> I agree that it's interesting. Sort of a dancing-bear approach... >
So far it's the best solution I've seen for browsers that don't support CSS3 web fonts. But it's still just a crutch. -- Christophe Grandsire-Koevoets. http://christophoronomicon.blogspot.com http://www.christophoronomicon.nl It takes a straight mind to create a twisted conlang.

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