Typography On the Web Gets Different

Posted by CmdrTaco on Thursday July 16, 2009 @01:44AM from the but-i-miss-comic-sans dept.

bstender writes "Most major browsers — including the latest versions of Internet Explorer, Firefox, Safari, Chrome, and Opera — recognize a CSS rule known as @font-face. What that means, in brief, is that Web developers can now easily embed downloadable fonts in their pages. To see an example, load up Firefox 3.5 or Safari 4 and learn more. You'll see three new typefaces — Liza, Auto, and Dolly — used in the body text and headlines." No doubt the licensing issues are just as complex as the font nerd potential.

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Re:Courier, Arial, Times New Roman by Zocalo · 2009-07-16 01:55 · Score: 4, Funny

"Comic Sans" would be nice, just for a change...

/ducks

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UNIX? They're not even circumcised! Savages!
...and images. Don't get me started on images by kriss · 2009-07-16 02:14 · Score: 5, Funny

Yeah, the web went downhill back when they started embedding images in the pages. Who, I mean, who would want to see GRAPHICS in the middle of your CLEAN, SEMANTIC INFORMATION? It doesn't WORK and it's an OUTRAGE!
Re:The new BLINK by ZackSchil · 2009-07-16 02:39 · Score: 4, Funny

I think I'm going to be [sic]