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Kerning and OpenType features in Firefox 3

Ralf Herrmann — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 17:23:31 +0000

Firefox 3 will be the first major browser with support for kerning and automatic ligatures. I tested the Firefox 3 release canditate and I have to say, it’s not perfect yet. But first the good news: Kerning Kerning is an important feature in print typography but for most of the (rather small) texts we read [...]

Exploring webfont possibilities

Ralf Herrmann — Wed, 14 May 2008 18:41:10 +0000

Embeddable webfonts (as introduced with Safari 3.1) are not just about using fancy fonts on web pages. It also opens new possibilities for using glyphs that are simply not available in the standard system fonts. Let’s say you are a linguist or archeologist and wan’t to set an ancient text and you need characters that [...]

@font-face survey (results)

Ralf Herrmann — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 16:45:47 +0000

The new font embedding feature introduced with Safari 3.1 has already caused heated debates in the type industry. But what do web designers think about it? Do they want to use it? Will they be willing to pay for webfonts? I did a survey among web designers to find out. Many thanks to everyone who [...]

web font embedding (@font-face) is back

Ralf Herrmann — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 15:42:58 +0000

Typographic variety is coming back to the Web. With the release of Safari 3.1 for MacOS and Windows, Apple’s web browser now supports font embedding for websites. Now millions of web users can view websites the way they were intended to be … Safari 3.1 for Windows and Mac supports the embedding of “sfnt fonts” [...]

MacOS X 10.5 (Leopard) Font-Cache löschen

Ralf Herrmann — Wed, 05 Dec 2007 11:37:04 +0000

In Panther und Tiger lagen die Font-Caches noch in den Librarys von System und Computer. In Leopard hat nun jeder Benutzer einen eigenen Font-Cache. Die gängigen Tools, wie etwa der Linotype Fontexplorer, kennen diese Position noch nicht und können den Cache daher nicht löschen. Wer den Cache manuell löschen will, muss zunächst einmal die Anzeige [...]

Kommerzielle OpenType-Fonts in Webseiten?

Ralf Herrmann — Wed, 31 Oct 2007 16:44:05 +0000

Die Schrifteinbettung in Webseiten steht wieder auf der Tagesordnung. Nein, ich spreche nicht von Technologien wie WEFT, TrueDoc oder sIFR, sondern von von OpenType-Schriften (TT/PS), die per CSS in jede beliebige Webseite eingebunden werden können.Die aktuelle Entwicklerversion des WebKit (“Safari”) kann es schon, Opera steht in den Startlöchern.Die Sache hat allerdings auch einen Haken. Von [...]