Re:Google Webfont Directory
by mortenjorck on Wednesday May 19, 2010 @03:09PM
(#1361973)
I think I found a bug. That is, a Safari bug that can be worked around by other means. I tried using Cardo (only available as TrueType) on a site I'm building, and it renders inconsistently in Safari (Mac), cutting off lines of type at random heights.
This seems to be a TrueType bug in Safari that can be circumvented by using OpenType or SVG, which I discovered can be easily prepared with this excellent little tool: http://www.fontsquirrel.com/fontface/generator
I ended up opting for my own @font-face linkage with the multiple formats converted by the aforelinked, which seems to render much better across browsers.
Shouldn't be hard for Google to implement something like this, though.
This seems to be a TrueType bug in Safari that can be circumvented by using OpenType or SVG, which I discovered can be easily prepared with this excellent little tool: http://www.fontsquirrel.com/fontface/generator
I ended up opting for my own @font-face linkage with the multiple formats converted by the aforelinked, which seems to render much better across browsers.
Shouldn't be hard for Google to implement something like this, though.