[ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu UK Site Rebranding - Mockups

[Matt Wheeler]

On 4 June 2010 05:37, Sean Miller <sean at seanmiller.net> wrote:
> On Fri, Jun 4, 2010 at 12:03 AM, Matt Wheeler <m at funkyhat.org> wrote:
>> This is mostly fixable these days using @font-face (supported by
>> current versions of all the major browsers) -- the font can simply be
>> embedded into the site and downloaded by the browser ⢁).
>
> I wouldn't rely on that.  IE is still very picky about such things,
> and however much we might hope that people would be using Open Source
> options the fact is that the majority are not.
>
> Therefore, let's stick to "web safe fonts"

Actually this works fine in IE8, and if a particular font is what's
wanted I see no reason not to use it. Of course we should make sure it
still looks ok in browsers that don't support @font-face though!



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Matt Wheeler
m at funkyHat.org