Lettering.js - A jQuery plugin for radical web typography.
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Lettering.js - A jQuery plugin for radical web typography.
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Re: Lettering.js - A jQuery plugin for radical web typography.
#2This is one of the linked example sites:
Firebug says the font pack from Typekit is over 575kb. That's a lot of bytes to add to your pageload, and (in Firefox at least) it causes noticeable page redrawing as the font files are loaded.
So, while this is neat, I'd probably still go with a simple png file for things like site logos.
(I realize this is more of a critique of Typekit than the jQuery plugin; the plugin itself comes in at under 1kb.)
Re: Lettering.js - A jQuery plugin for radical web typography.
#3This is one of the linked example sites: http://www.danhigbie.com/ Firebug says the font pack from Typekit is over 575kb. That's a lot of bytes to add to your pageload, and (in Firefox at least) it causes noticeable page redrawing as the font files are loaded. So, while this is neat, I'd probably still go with a simple png file for things like site logos. (I realize this is more of a critique of Typekit than the jQue…
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Re: Lettering.js - A jQuery plugin for radical web typography.
#4"★★★★★ L@@K!"
That's some recommendation there!
But seriously, this neat, I just worry this will be abused.
Re: Lettering.js - A jQuery plugin for radical web typography.
#5This is one of the linked example sites: http://www.danhigbie.com/ Firebug says the font pack from Typekit is over 575kb. That's a lot of bytes to add to your pageload, and (in Firefox at least) it causes noticeable page redrawing as the font files are loaded. So, while this is neat, I'd probably still go with a simple png file for things like site logos. (I realize this is more of a critique of Typekit than the jQue…
No redrawing was observed while viewing in Chrome 9.0.597.16
Webkit based browsers don't show the text before the @font-face font is loaded. You can achieve the same effect in Firefox and Opera by using WebFont Loader: http://24ways.org/2010/using-the-webfont-loader-to-make-brow...
Re: Lettering.js - A jQuery plugin for radical web typography.
#6This is one of the linked example sites: http://www.danhigbie.com/ Firebug says the font pack from Typekit is over 575kb. That's a lot of bytes to add to your pageload, and (in Firefox at least) it causes noticeable page redrawing as the font files are loaded. So, while this is neat, I'd probably still go with a simple png file for things like site logos. (I realize this is more of a critique of Typekit than the jQue…
No redrawing was observed while viewing in Chrome 9.0.597.16
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Re: Lettering.js - A jQuery plugin for radical web typography.
#7Personally, I much prefer Cufon -- http://cufon.shoqolate.com/generate/. It has less features, but works much better for basic typography.
Re: Lettering.js - A jQuery plugin for radical web typography.
#8Great stuff! Now all we need is good sense of typography in people who are going to use it. Or this is a weapon of visual noise in wrong hands.
Re: Lettering.js - A jQuery plugin for radical web typography.
#9Personally, I much prefer Cufon -- http://cufon.shoqolate.com/generate/ . It has less features, but works much better for basic typography.
Cufon is great, but this something for manipulating individual characters.
Re: Lettering.js - A jQuery plugin for radical web typography.
#10Personally, I much prefer Cufon -- http://cufon.shoqolate.com/generate/ . It has less features, but works much better for basic typography.
Cufon is great, but this something for manipulating individual characters.
we used cufon for the last few years. looking to switch now since google preview doesn't support canvas and you end up with screenshots with no text