Comments on: Downloadable Fonts http://webkit.org/blog/124/downloadable-fonts/ All about WebKit development Fri, 29 Aug 2008 13:43:14 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: grfgguvf http://webkit.org/blog/124/downloadable-fonts/#comment-23683 grfgguvf Fri, 28 Dec 2007 14:59:36 +0000 http://webkit.org/blog/124/downloadable-fonts/#comment-23683 Also late here... If you look at the reporting of this news (Google News for 'WebKit @font-face'), it's all about how WebKit got the support now in addition to Opera. I'd just like to point out how completely wrong this is. IE has long had support for web fonts, but not .ttf fonts, only .eot ones. Similarly Mozilla has had support for a long time, but not for .ttf. And Opera doesn't support @font-face at all, not even their latest preview version... So actually it's WebKit first to have <i>useful</i> web font support. Also late here…

If you look at the reporting of this news (Google News for ‘WebKit @font-face’), it’s all about how WebKit got the support now in addition to Opera. I’d just like to point out how completely wrong this is.

IE has long had support for web fonts, but not .ttf fonts, only .eot ones. Similarly Mozilla has had support for a long time, but not for .ttf. And Opera doesn’t support @font-face at all, not even their latest preview version…

So actually it’s WebKit first to have useful web font support.

]]> By: gazhay http://webkit.org/blog/124/downloadable-fonts/#comment-23680 gazhay Fri, 28 Dec 2007 09:39:15 +0000 http://webkit.org/blog/124/downloadable-fonts/#comment-23680 Ok, I know I'm late into this topic, but here goes... Is there any support for fonts (CSS @font-face preferred) within the canvas element? It really is a pita to have to keep creating transparent png files for each letter you might want to use on a canvas (and then pre-load them all too!) Judging by the way the font is downloaded it seems fairly simple to then link this into the canvas object. Please!! Ok, I know I’m late into this topic, but here goes…

Is there any support for fonts (CSS @font-face preferred) within the canvas element?
It really is a pita to have to keep creating transparent png files for each letter you might want to use on a canvas (and then pre-load them all too!)

Judging by the way the font is downloaded it seems fairly simple to then link this into the canvas object. Please!!

]]> By: Surfin’ Safari - Blog Archive » Welcome to Planet WebKit http://webkit.org/blog/124/downloadable-fonts/#comment-23450 Surfin’ Safari - Blog Archive » Welcome to Planet WebKit Tue, 04 Dec 2007 07:18:59 +0000 http://webkit.org/blog/124/downloadable-fonts/#comment-23450 [...] Safari has always been a great place to get information about WebKit, from descriptions of the many new features being added to technical discussions of engine internals to announcements of WebKit [...] [...] Safari has always been a great place to get information about WebKit, from descriptions of the many new features being added to technical discussions of engine internals to announcements of WebKit [...]

]]> By: Ten New Things in WebKit 3 · Style Grind http://webkit.org/blog/124/downloadable-fonts/#comment-23441 Ten New Things in WebKit 3 · Style Grind Mon, 03 Dec 2007 04:12:26 +0000 http://webkit.org/blog/124/downloadable-fonts/#comment-23441 [...] talking about a lot of great new features in the latest development trunk of WebKit - features like web fonts, client-side database storage, CSS transforms and CSS animation. These features will likely make it [...] [...] talking about a lot of great new features in the latest development trunk of WebKit - features like web fonts, client-side database storage, CSS transforms and CSS animation. These features will likely make it [...]

]]> By: Runtime wars (2): Apple’s answer to Flash, Silverlight and JavaFX « counternotions http://webkit.org/blog/124/downloadable-fonts/#comment-23298 Runtime wars (2): Apple’s answer to Flash, Silverlight and JavaFX « counternotions Fri, 16 Nov 2007 01:27:39 +0000 http://webkit.org/blog/124/downloadable-fonts/#comment-23298 [...] Downloadable fonts let designers specify downloadable custom fonts via CSS @font-face [...] [...] Downloadable fonts let designers specify downloadable custom fonts via CSS @font-face [...]

]]> By: Ten New Things in WebKit 3 « outaTiME http://webkit.org/blog/124/downloadable-fonts/#comment-23263 Ten New Things in WebKit 3 « outaTiME Thu, 15 Nov 2007 14:05:36 +0000 http://webkit.org/blog/124/downloadable-fonts/#comment-23263 [...] talking about a lot of great new features in the latest development trunk of WebKit - features like web fonts, client-side database storage, CSS transforms and CSS animation. These features will likely make it [...] [...] talking about a lot of great new features in the latest development trunk of WebKit - features like web fonts, client-side database storage, CSS transforms and CSS animation. These features will likely make it [...]

]]> By: Surfin’ Safari - Blog Archive » Ten New Things in WebKit 3 http://webkit.org/blog/124/downloadable-fonts/#comment-23246 Surfin’ Safari - Blog Archive » Ten New Things in WebKit 3 Thu, 15 Nov 2007 12:27:42 +0000 http://webkit.org/blog/124/downloadable-fonts/#comment-23246 [...] talking about a lot of great new features in the latest development trunk of WebKit - features like web fonts, client-side database storage, CSS transforms and CSS animation. But I’d like to take a step [...] [...] talking about a lot of great new features in the latest development trunk of WebKit - features like web fonts, client-side database storage, CSS transforms and CSS animation. But I’d like to take a step [...]

]]> By: Brad http://webkit.org/blog/124/downloadable-fonts/#comment-23001 Brad Wed, 24 Oct 2007 05:39:15 +0000 http://webkit.org/blog/124/downloadable-fonts/#comment-23001 This is amazing, and I am happy to see it in the main trunk now. I noticed that the fonts in the "A List Apart" article download pretty quickly, but I am concerned about people with slower connections. Will a substitute font be shown while the font downloads (something from the font-face list)? I believe IE did that with their implementation. This is amazing, and I am happy to see it in the main trunk now. I noticed that the fonts in the “A List Apart” article download pretty quickly, but I am concerned about people with slower connections. Will a substitute font be shown while the font downloads (something from the font-face list)? I believe IE did that with their implementation.

]]> By: ain http://webkit.org/blog/124/downloadable-fonts/#comment-22931 ain Sat, 13 Oct 2007 06:37:31 +0000 http://webkit.org/blog/124/downloadable-fonts/#comment-22931 Got it working just fine. Support for Web Fonts sounds splendid so far. Let's hope Mozilla catches up. Please find the article on WebKit's Web Fonts support <a href="http://tekkie.flashbit.net/css/webkit-is-leading-the-run-for-css3" title="WebKit is leading the run for CSS3" rel="nofollow">here</a>. Got it working just fine. Support for Web Fonts sounds splendid so far. Let’s hope Mozilla catches up.

Please find the article on WebKit’s Web Fonts support here.

]]> By: Notional Slurry » links for 2007-10-13 http://webkit.org/blog/124/downloadable-fonts/#comment-22930 Notional Slurry » links for 2007-10-13 Sat, 13 Oct 2007 06:18:49 +0000 http://webkit.org/blog/124/downloadable-fonts/#comment-22930 [...] Surfin’ Safari - Blog Archive » Downloadable Fonts via some bigot (tags: typography fonts Apple safari web-design browsers HTML software design) [...] [...] Surfin’ Safari - Blog Archive » Downloadable Fonts via some bigot (tags: typography fonts Apple safari web-design browsers HTML software design) [...]

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