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Typography On the Web Gets Different

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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  1. Re:To disable @font-face in Firefox 3.5 by Hurricane78 · · Score: 1, Troll

    The point being?

    Let me guess: You also disabled cookies, JavaScript, plugins, images, CSS, and render stuff in plain text. By reading the HTML and interpreting it manually.
    Because someone could exploit a bug in any of those interpreters.

    But pay attention! Because I am developing an exploit for your brain. So you better shoot yourself in the head really quick to avoid being "hacked" (yes, that "hacking") ^^

    But before: Do you think goats.exe is a good name for it?

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