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#1 User is offline   Thomas Thomassen 

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Posted 18 August 2009 - 06:41 AM

Apparently, the foundation are starting to come to a solution to web fonts and licensing.

http://www.zeldman.c...-and-standards/
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Posted 18 August 2009 - 06:14 PM

it's a good summary. i certainly appreciate the jon tan method link - i'd never seen that before. going to have to give it a go!... especially seeing as my pages are almost always full up with conditional comments already!
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Posted 19 August 2009 - 12:16 AM

Thanks for the post.

The whole font embedding thing is gathering pace now isn't it?
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Posted 19 August 2009 - 03:16 AM

There was an article in Ars Technica about the font issue. I have been following the TypeKit issue (no relation to HammerKit ;) ) and I think that this is a really exciting development for the web in general. Check out the story and have a look at TypeKit - they are trying to tackle the thorny issue of licensing...

http://arstechnica.c...ins-support.ars
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